CWE-435 3 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-435: Improper Interaction Between Multiple Correctly-Behaving Entities

Overview

CWE-435 (Improper Interaction Between Multiple Correctly-Behaving Entities) 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

An interaction error occurs when two entities have correct behavior when running independently of each other, but when they are integrated as components in a larger system or process, they introduce incorrect behaviors that may cause resultant weaknesses.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-Specific Undetermined
technology Not Technology-Specific 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-2023-43052 2025-03-07 IBM Control Center 6.2.1 through 6.3.1 is vulnerable to an external service interaction attack, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability…
CVE-2021-34699 2021-09-23 A vulnerability in the TrustSec CLI parser of Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to reload. This vulnerability is due to an i…
CVE-2020-5255 2020-03-30 In Symfony before versions 4.4.7 and 5.0.7, when a `Response` does not contain a `Content-Type` header, affected versions of Symfony can fallback to the format defined in the `Accept` header of the re…

Previous names

  • Interaction Errors (2008-04-11)
  • Interaction Error (2017-11-08)
  • Improper Interaction Between Multiple Entities (2018-03-27)

Content submission

Name
PLOVER
Date
2006-07-19
Version
Draft 3

Content modifications

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 Relationships, Relationship_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings
2008-10-14 CWE Content Team 1.0.1 updated Description, Relationships
2008-11-24 CWE Content Team 1.1 updated Relationships
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences
2011-06-27 CWE Content Team 2.0 updated Common_Consequences
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated Relationships
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Relationships
2015-12-07 CWE Content Team 2.9 updated Relationships
2017-01-19 CWE Content Team 2.10 updated Relationships
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Applicable_Platforms, Name, Relationships
2018-03-27 CWE Content Team 3.1 updated Alternate_Terms, Description, Name, References, Relationships
2019-06-20 CWE Content Team 3.3 updated Relationships
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Applicable_Platforms, Type
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated References, Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes, Research_Gaps
2023-10-26 CWE Content Team 4.13 updated Observed_Examples
2024-02-29 CWE Content Team 4.14 updated Demonstrative_Examples, References
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Weakness_Ordinalities
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