What is CWE-1188?
The product initializes or sets a resource with a default that is intended to be changed by the product's installer, administrator, or maintainer, but the default is not secure.
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CWE-1188: Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default
Data statistics
RELATED CVES (365 DAYS)69
ABSTRACTIONBase
Vulnerabilities mapped to CWE-1188
69 vulnerabilities430.8% increase year over year
Vulnerabilities in CISA KEV for CWE-1188
0 vulnerabilities
The product initializes or sets a resource with a default that is intended to be changed by the product's installer, administrator, or maintainer, but the default is not secure.
Characteristics
Modes of introduction
- Implementation: Developers often choose default values that leave the product as open and easy to use as possible out-of-the-box, under the assumption that the administrator can (or should) change the default value. However, this ease-of-use comes at a cost when the default is insecure and the administrator does not change it.
- System Configuration
Common consequences
| Impact | Scope | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Varies by Context | Other | The impact of insecure defaults varies widely depending on the functionality that the product controls. |
Detection methods
| Method | Approach | Effectiveness |
|---|---|---|
| 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.) | — |
Representative vulnerabilities
Below are representative vulnerabilities related to this CWE, prioritized by severity.
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