Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-438

Grouping Prohibited

Behavioral Problems

Status: Draft

Weaknesses in this category are related to unexpected behaviors from code that an application uses.

Grouping entries organize the catalogue and should not be used to map the root cause of a vulnerability.

Mapping guidance

This entry is a Grouping. Using groupings for mapping has been discouraged since 2019. They are informal organizational groupings of weaknesses that can help CWE users with data aggregation, navigation, and browsing. However, they are not weaknesses in themselves.

See member weaknesses of this category.

Relationships and members
Has Member: CWE-115 · View CWE-699
Has Member: CWE-179 · View CWE-699
Has Member: CWE-408 · View CWE-699
Has Member: CWE-437 · View CWE-699
Has Member: CWE-439 · View CWE-699
Has Member: CWE-440 · View CWE-699
Has Member: CWE-444 · View CWE-699
Has Member: CWE-480 · View CWE-699
Has Member: CWE-483 · View CWE-699
Has Member: CWE-484 · View CWE-699
Has Member: CWE-551 · View CWE-699
Has Member: CWE-698 · View CWE-699
Has Member: CWE-733 · View CWE-699
Has Member: CWE-783 · View CWE-699
Has Member: CWE-835 · View CWE-699
Has Member: CWE-837 · View CWE-699
Has Member: CWE-841 · View CWE-699
Has Member: CWE-1025 · View CWE-699
Has Member: CWE-1037 · View CWE-699
Content history
Submission: PLOVER · 2006-07-19 · CWE Draft 3
Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2008-09-08 · CWE 1.0

updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2010-02-16 · CWE 1.8

updated Relationships

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2011-03-29 · CWE 1.12

updated Relationships

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2017-01-19 · CWE 2.10

updated Relationships

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2017-11-08 · CWE 3.0

updated Relationships

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2018-03-27 · CWE 3.1

updated Relationships

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

updated Relationships

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

updated Mapping_Notes

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

updated Mapping_Notes

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

updated Mapping_Notes, Type

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