CWE-446 (UI Discrepancy for Security Feature) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.
The user interface does not correctly enable or configure a security feature, but the interface provides feedback that causes the user to believe that the feature is in a secure state.
| 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-2025-8353 | 2025-07-30 | UI synchronization issue in the Just-in-Time (JIT) access request approval interface in Devolutions Server 2025.2.4.0 and earlier allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain unauthorized access to … |
| CVE-2025-52983 | 2025-07-11 | A UI Discrepancy for Security Feature vulnerability in the UI of Juniper Networks Junos OS on VM Host systems allows a network-based, unauthenticated attacker to access the device. On VM Host Rout… |
| CVE-2023-1768 | 2023-04-04 | Inappropriate error handling in Tribe29 Checkmk <= 2.1.0p25, <= 2.0.0p34, <= 2.2.0b3 (beta), and all versions of Checkmk 1.6.0 causes the symmetric encryption of agent data to fail silently and transm… |
| 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, Other_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings, Type |
| 2008-10-14 | CWE Content Team | 1.0.1 | — | updated Description, Maintenance_Notes, Other_Notes |
| 2011-03-29 | CWE Content Team | 1.12 | — | updated Other_Notes, Relationship_Notes |
| 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 |
| 2017-01-19 | CWE Content Team | 2.10 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2017-11-08 | CWE Content Team | 3.0 | — | updated Applicable_Platforms |
| 2020-02-24 | CWE Content Team | 4.0 | — | updated Relationships, Type |
| 2021-03-15 | CWE Content Team | 4.4 | — | updated Maintenance_Notes, Relationship_Notes, Weakness_Ordinalities |
| 2023-01-31 | CWE Content Team | 4.10 | — | updated Description |
| 2023-04-27 | CWE Content Team | 4.11 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2023-06-29 | CWE Content Team | 4.12 | — | updated Mapping_Notes |