CWE-298 (Improper Validation of Certificate Expiration) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.
A certificate expiration is not validated or is incorrectly validated.
| Kind | Name | Class | Prevalence | OS / CPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language | — | Not Language-Specific | Undetermined | — |
These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.
| CVE | Published | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-67109 | 2025-12-23 | Improper verification of the time certificate in Eclipse Cyclone DDS before v0.10.5 allows attackers to bypass certificate checks and execute commands with System privileges. |
| CVE-2025-67108 | 2025-12-23 | eProsima Fast-DDS v3.3 was discovered to contain improper validation for ticket revocation, resulting in insecure communications and connections. |
| CVE-2025-61736 | 2025-12-17 | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in the product failing to re-establish communication once the certificate expires. |
| CVE-2025-59036 | 2025-09-09 | Infrahub offers a central hub to manage data, templates, and playbooks. Prior to versiond 1.3.9 and 1.4.5, a bug in the authentication logic will cause API tokens that were deleted and/or expired to b… |
| CVE-2025-4384 | 2025-05-06 | The MQTT add-on of PcVue fails to verify that a remote device’s certificate has not already expired or has not yet become valid. This allows malicious devices to present certificates that are not reje… |
| CVE-2023-42446 | 2023-09-18 | Pow is a authentication and user management solution for Phoenix and Plug-based apps. Starting in version 1.0.14 and prior to version 1.0.34, use of `Pow.Store.Backend.MnesiaCache` is susceptible to s… |
| Date | Name | Version | Importance | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-07-01 | Eric Dalci | 1.0 | — | updated Time_of_Introduction |
| 2008-09-08 | CWE Content Team | 1.0 | — | updated Common_Consequences, Relationships, Other_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings |
| 2009-03-10 | CWE Content Team | 1.3 | — | updated Description, Name, Relationships |
| 2009-05-27 | CWE Content Team | 1.4 | — | updated Demonstrative_Examples |
| 2009-07-27 | CWE Content Team | 1.5 | — | updated Demonstrative_Examples |
| 2009-10-29 | CWE Content Team | 1.6 | — | updated Description, Other_Notes |
| 2011-06-01 | CWE Content Team | 1.13 | — | updated Common_Consequences |
| 2012-05-11 | CWE Content Team | 2.2 | — | updated References, Relationships |
| 2013-02-21 | CWE Content Team | 2.4 | — | updated Applicable_Platforms, Demonstrative_Examples, Relationships, Type |
| 2013-07-17 | CWE Content Team | 2.5 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2014-07-30 | CWE Content Team | 2.8 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2017-11-08 | CWE Content Team | 3.0 | — | updated Demonstrative_Examples, Modes_of_Introduction, Relationships |
| 2018-03-27 | CWE Content Team | 3.1 | — | updated Common_Consequences, Modes_of_Introduction, Potential_Mitigations, Time_of_Introduction |
| 2019-09-19 | CWE Content Team | 3.4 | — | updated Demonstrative_Examples |
| 2020-02-24 | CWE Content Team | 4.0 | — | updated References, Relationships |
| 2023-04-27 | CWE Content Team | 4.11 | — | updated Relationships, Time_of_Introduction |
| 2023-06-29 | CWE Content Team | 4.12 | — | updated Mapping_Notes |
| 2025-12-11 | CWE Content Team | 4.19 | — | updated Relationships, Weakness_Ordinalities |
| 2026-04-30 | CWE Content Team | 4.20 | — | updated Common_Consequences, Description, Diagram, Observed_Examples |