Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-1097

Weakness Prohibited

Persistent Storable Data Element without Associated Comparison Control Element

Abstraction: Base · Status: Incomplete

The product uses a storable data element that does not have all of the associated functions or methods that are necessary to support comparison.

Mapping guidance

This entry is primarily a quality issue with no direct security implications.

Look for weaknesses that are focused specifically on insecure behaviors that have more direct security implications.

Relationships and members
ChildOf: CWE-1076 · View CWE-1000
ChildOf: CWE-595 · View CWE-1305
Modes of introduction
Implementation
Detection methods

Automated Static Analysis

Automated static analysis, commonly referred to as Static Application Security Testing (SAST), can find some instances of this weakness by analyzing source code (or binary/compiled code) without having to execute it. Typically, this is done by building a model of data flow and control flow, then searching for potentially-vulnerable patterns that connect "sources" (origins of input) with "sinks" (destinations where the data interacts with external components, a lower layer such as the OS, etc.)

Effectiveness: High

Content history
Submission: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2018-07-02 · CWE 3.2

Entry derived from Common Quality Enumeration (CQE) Draft 0.9.

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2020-02-24 · CWE 4.0

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Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2020-08-20 · CWE 4.2

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Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2023-01-31 · CWE 4.10

updated Description

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2023-04-27 · CWE 4.11

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Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2023-06-29 · CWE 4.12

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Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2024-02-29 · CWE 4.14

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Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2025-12-11 · CWE 4.19

updated Applicable_Platforms, Background_Details, Common_Consequences, Description, Time_of_Introduction

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2026-10-28 · CWE 5.0

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