CWE-283: Unverified Ownership

What is CWE-283?

CWE-283 is Unverified Ownership. The flaw arises when the product does not properly verify that a critical resource is owned by the proper entity. The database currently holds 16 vulnerabilities mapped to CWE-283 and none of them are in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

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OWASP TOP 10:2025 RANK1 — A01:2025 — Broken Access Control
Related CVES (365 days)16
AbstractionBase
Likelihood of exploit-

Vulnerabilities mapped to CWE-283

16 vulnerabilities700% increase year over year

No data

No vulnerability data in CISA KEV for CWE-283

Official definition

ByMitre CWE

The product does not properly verify that a critical resource is owned by the proper entity.

Characteristics

Modes of introduction

  • Architecture and Design: REALIZATION: This weakness is caused during implementation of an architectural security tactic.

Common consequences

ImpactScopeExplanation
Gain Privileges or Assume IdentityAccess ControlAn attacker could gain unauthorized access to system resources.

Risk mitigations

  1. Architecture and Design, OperationVery carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.
  2. Separation of Privilege · Architecture and DesignConsider following the principle of separation of privilege. Require multiple conditions to be met before permitting access to a system resource.

Representative vulnerabilities

Below are representative vulnerabilities related to this CWE, prioritized by severity.

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