CWE-265 10 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-265: Privilege Issues

Overview

CWE-265 (Privilege Issues) 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

Weaknesses in this category occur with improper handling, assignment, or management of privileges. A privilege is a property of an agent, such as a user. It lets the agent do things that are not ordinarily allowed. For example, there are privileges which allow an agent to perform maintenance functions such as restart a computer.

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-2026-9368 2026-05-24 A vulnerability was identified in NousResearch hermes-agent up to 2026.4.16. This impacts the function execute_code of the file tools/code_execution_tool.py of the component Environment Variable Handl…
CVE-2026-6878 2026-04-23 A vulnerability was identified in ByteDance verl up to 0.7.0. Affected is the function math_equal of the file prime_math/grader.py. The manipulation leads to sandbox issue. It is possible to initiate …
CVE-2026-6224 2026-04-13 A security flaw has been discovered in nocobase plugin-workflow-javascript up to 2.0.23. This issue affects the function createSafeConsole of the file packages/plugins/@nocobase/plugin-workflow-javasc…
CVE-2026-6117 2026-04-12 A vulnerability was found in AstrBotDevs AstrBot up to 4.22.1. This issue affects the function install_plugin_upload of the file astrbot/dashboard/routes/plugin.py of the component install-upload Endp…
CVE-2025-5874 2025-06-09 A vulnerability was found in Redash up to 10.1.0/25.1.0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function run_query of the file /query_runner/python.py of the component getattr Handle…
CVE-2025-5321 2025-05-29 A vulnerability classified as critical was found in aimhubio aim up to 3.29.1. This vulnerability affects the function RestrictedPythonQuery of the file /aim/storage/query.py of the component run_view…
CVE-2024-2007 2024-03-21 A vulnerability was found in OpenBMB XAgent 1.0.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Privileged Mode. The manipulation leads…
CVE-2023-5223 2023-09-27 A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in HimitZH HOJ up to 4.6-9a65e3f. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Topic Handler. The manipulation leads to…
CVE-2023-26122 2023-04-11 All versions of the package safe-eval are vulnerable to Sandbox Bypass due to improper input sanitization. The vulnerability is derived from prototype pollution exploitation. Exploiting this vulnerabi…
CVE-2020-1889 2020-09-03 A security feature bypass issue in WhatsApp Desktop versions prior to v0.3.4932 could have allowed for sandbox escape in Electron and escalation of privilege if combined with a remote code execution v…

Previous names

  • Privilege / Sandbox Issues (2020-02-24)

Content submission

Name
PLOVER
Date
2006-07-19
Version
Draft 3

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2008-09-08 CWE Content Team 1.0 updated Description, Relationships, Relationship_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings, Theoretical_Notes
2008-10-14 CWE Content Team 1.0.1 updated Description, Research_Gaps, Theoretical_Notes
2009-12-28 CWE Content Team 1.7 updated Potential_Mitigations
2010-06-21 CWE Content Team 1.9 updated Potential_Mitigations
2011-03-29 CWE Content Team 1.12 updated Relationships
2012-10-30 CWE Content Team 2.3 updated Potential_Mitigations
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Detection_Factors
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Detection_Factors, Potential_Mitigations, Relationships
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Description, Name, Relationships
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Mapping_Notes
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
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