Cyber Resilience

CWE · MITRE source

CWE-419Unprotected Primary Channel

Abstraction: Base · CVEs in our corpus: 12

The product uses a primary channel for administration or restricted functionality, but it does not properly protect the channel.

Last updated: 20 August 2026 13:14 UTC

Cumulative inbound coverage

How completely the frameworks we cross-walk collectively cover this — the verdict is the strongest single mapping (overlapping partials are not summed); breadth shows the corroboration behind it.

Collective: full · 3 mapping(s) from 2 framework(s): STIG oracle linux 8 2 (full) · STIG oracle linux 9 1 (mostly)

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OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

This weakness contributes to A06:2025 Insecure Design.

Control responseHuman-reviewed

Answering this weakness across the control lifecycle, from our framework cross-walks.

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53 / CSF Protect)
  • RA-6 Technical Surveillance Countermeasures Survey
  • PR.AA-03
  • PR.AA-05
  • PR.DS-02
Detect
Catch it (CSF Detect / Respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 4 hardening rules · 2 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

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NIST 800-53 r5 controls that address this weakness (1)AI-assisted

Control Title Family Why it addresses this CWE
RA-6Technical Surveillance Countermeasures SurveyRATSCM employment uncovers unprotected primary channels that have been physically or technically compromised for surveillance.

Top CVEs of this weakness type, ranked by Risk Priority

CVE Risk CVSS EPSS Published
CVE-2019-11248 8.88.20.75062019-08-29
CVE-2024-50588 7.49.80.00702024-11-08
CVE-2018-12120 6.78.10.04282018-11-28
CVE-2024-2414 6.48.80.00282024-03-13
CVE-2018-12539 5.97.80.00492018-08-14
CVE-2024-3051 5.97.50.00482024-04-26
CVE-2023-30859 5.67.20.01072023-05-01
CVE-2025-24030 5.57.10.00422025-01-23
CVE-2023-6533 5.06.50.00252024-02-21
CVE-2022-33932 4.65.30.00852022-08-22
CVE-2024-39886 3.23.70.00262024-07-10
CVE-2025-31964 2.22.20.00322026-01-07