CWE-345: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

What is CWE-345?

The product does not sufficiently verify the origin or authenticity of data, in a way that causes it to accept invalid data.

Analyzing data...

Data statistics

OWASP TOP 10:2025 RANK8 — A08:2025 — Software or Data Integrity Failures
RELATED CVES (365 DAYS)173
ABSTRACTIONClass

Vulnerabilities mapped to CWE-345

173 vulnerabilities1,053.3% increase year over year

Vulnerabilities in CISA KEV for CWE-345

0 vulnerabilities

Official definition

ByMitre CWE

The product does not sufficiently verify the origin or authenticity of data, in a way that causes it to accept invalid data.

Characteristics

Modes of introduction

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

Common consequences

ImpactScopeExplanation
Varies by Context, Unexpected StateIntegrity, Other—

Detection methods

MethodApproachEffectiveness
Automated Static AnalysisAutomated 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.)High

Representative vulnerabilities

Sources (3)

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