CWE-424Improper Protection of Alternate Path

Abstraction: Class · CVEs in our corpus: 44

The product does not sufficiently protect all possible paths that a user can take to access restricted functionality or resources.

Last updated: 15 October 2026 14:21 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: partial · 4 mapping(s) from 4 framework(s): STIG oracle linux 9 1 (partial) · STIG rhel 9 1 (partial) · STIG ubuntu 22 04 1 (partial) · STIG ubuntu 24 04 1 (partial)

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OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

This weakness contributes to A01:2025 Broken Access Control.

Control responseHuman-reviewed

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

Prevent

Stop it (NIST 800-53 / CSF Protect)

AC-17 Remote Access

Detect

Catch it (CSF Detect / Respond)

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Harden

Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate

Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

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NIST 800-53 r5 controls PROPOSED for this weakness (1)AI-assisted

These are model PROPOSALS, not graded mappings. They come from controls_to_cwe_proposals, which carries no grade field at all; across the CWE pages 1,540 of 1,722 such associations (89%) have never been graded by anything. The heading said “address” until 2026-09-29, which asserted a relationship the data does not carry. Graded cross-walks are on the framework map, not here.

Control	Title	Family	Why it addresses this CWE
`AC-17`	Remote Access	AC	Documenting requirements and authorizing remote access ensures proper protection of alternate paths.

Top CVEs of this weakness type, ranked by Risk Priority

CVE	Risk	CVSS	EPSS	Published
`CVE-2025-48827`	9.9	10.0	0.7584	2025-05-27
`CVE-2024-58136` KEV	8.9	9.0	0.8776	2025-04-10
`CVE-2025-48828`	8.6	9.0	0.5764	2025-05-27
`CVE-2026-66756`	7.4	9.8	0.0075	2026-07-30
`CVE-2024-3459`	6.2	8.4	0.0027	2024-05-14
`CVE-2026-86145`	6.2	8.2	0.0039	2026-09-05
`CVE-2026-54423`	5.9	8.2	0.0049	2026-07-10
`CVE-2023-52952`	5.8	8.5	0.0017	2024-10-08
`CVE-2025-68939`	5.8	8.2	0.0033	2025-12-26
`CVE-2026-0237`	5.6	7.8	0.0015	2026-05-13
`CVE-2024-3460`	5.5	7.4	0.0027	2024-05-14
`CVE-2026-37008`	5.5	8.1	0.0016	2026-09-13
`CVE-2026-107352`	5.5	7.7	0.0020	2026-10-07
`CVE-2021-3793`	5.3	6.5	0.0069	2021-11-12
`CVE-2023-5165`	5.3	7.1	0.0033	2023-09-25
`CVE-2023-20272`	5.3	6.7	0.0089	2023-11-21
`CVE-2019-18996`	5.2	7.1	0.0040	2019-12-18
`CVE-2023-0629`	5.2	7.1	0.0022	2023-03-13
`CVE-2024-8311`	5.2	6.5	0.0061	2024-09-12
`CVE-2022-1742`	5.1	6.8	0.0028	2022-06-24
`CVE-2026-58428`	5.1	6.5	0.0046	2026-08-13
`CVE-2026-89039`	5.1	6.5	0.0038	2026-10-05
`CVE-2026-110865`	5.0	7.1	0.0019	2026-10-14
`CVE-2023-46176`	4.9	6.7	0.0018	2023-11-03
`CVE-2025-49163`	4.9	6.7	0.0016	2025-06-03