CWE-1039 3 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-1039: Inadequate Detection or Handling of Adversarial Input Perturbations in Automated Recognition Mechanism

Overview

CWE-1039 (Inadequate Detection or Handling of Adversarial Input Perturbations in Automated Recognition Mechanism) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.

Security impact
Security impact: Depends on product and context; use CVE records, severity scores, and MITRE guidance to prioritize.

Description

The product uses an automated mechanism such as machine learning to recognize complex data inputs (e.g. image or audio) as a particular concept or category, but it does not properly detect or handle inputs that have been modified or constructed in a way that causes the mechanism to detect a different, incorrect concept.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-Specific Undetermined
technology AI/ML Undetermined

Related CVEs in this database

These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.

CVE Published Summary
CVE-2025-3578 2025-04-15 A malicious, authenticated user in Aidex, versions prior to 1.7, could list credentials of other users, create or modify existing users in the application, list credentials of users in production or d…
CVE-2025-26644 2025-04-08 Automated recognition mechanism with inadequate detection or handling of adversarial input perturbations in Windows Hello allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing locally.
CVE-2023-20071 2023-11-01 Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort detection engine that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured policies on an affected system. This…

Previous names

  • Automated Recognition Mechanism with Inadequate Detection or Handling of Adversarial Input Perturbations (2025-04-03)

Content submission

Name
CWE Content Team
Organization
MITRE
Date
2018-03-12
Version
3.1

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2019-06-20 CWE Content Team 3.3 updated References
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Relationships
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated References, Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2024-07-16 CWE Content Team 4.15 updated Applicable_Platforms
2025-04-03 CWE Content Team 4.17 updated Common_Consequences, Description, Detection_Factors, Mapping_Notes, Modes_of_Introduction, Name, Potential_Mitigations, Time_of_Introduction
2025-09-09 CWE Content Team 4.18 updated References
2026-04-30 CWE Content Team 4.20 updated Observed_Examples, Relationships
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