CWE-693 509 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure

Overview

CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure) 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 does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-Specific Undetermined
technology Not Technology-Specific Undetermined
technology ICS/OT 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-2026-0097 2026-06-01 In multiple locations, there is a possible way to bypass user interaction when pairing an LE device due to a logic error. This could lead to remote (proximal/adjacent) escalation of privilege with no …
CVE-2026-0087 2026-06-01 In approvalLevelForDomainInternal of DomainVerificationService.java, there is a possible way to hijack an arbitrary app link due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of pr…
CVE-2026-0077 2026-06-01 In resumeConfigurationDispatch of ActivityRecord.java, there is a possible background application launch (bal) due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with n…
CVE-2026-0045 2026-06-01 In bta_jv_rfcomm_connect of bta_jv_act.cc, there is a possible bypass of bonding for a secure connection due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no addi…
CVE-2025-48652 2026-06-01 In performPreInstallChecks of InstallRepository.kt, there is a possible way to bypass MDM policy due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional e…
CVE-2025-48649 2026-06-01 In multiple locations, there is a possible way to reset user-selected permissions selections due to a permissions bypass. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution …
CVE-2026-10174 2026-05-31 A vulnerability was identified in Aider-AI Aider 0.86.3. Affected is an unknown function of the file aider/args.py of the component Pre-commit Hook Handler. Such manipulation of the argument git-commi…
CVE-2026-45697 2026-05-29 Formie is a Craft CMS plugin for creating forms. Prior to 2.2.20 and 3.1.24, unauthenticated users could submit crafted values into Hidden fields (with Default value → Custom) that were evaluated as T…
CVE-2026-49325 2026-05-29 Improper handling of physical conditions in the bike-shutdown control of the Indian Motorcycle Scout Bobber + Tech 2025 model year allows a physical attacker with access to the Wireless Control Module…
CVE-2026-49316 2026-05-29 Expected behavior violation in the in-vehicle network of the Indian Motorcycle Scout Bobber + Tech 2025 model year allows an adjacent-network attacker to bypass the motorcycle's anti-theft shutdown by…
CVE-2026-47676 2026-05-28 Hono is a Web application framework that provides support for any JavaScript runtime. Prior to 4.12.21, app.mount() strips the mount prefix from the incoming request path using the raw URL pathname, w…
CVE-2026-48792 2026-05-27 pam_usb provides hardware authentication for Linux using ordinary removable media. Prior to 0.9.1, src/evdev.c silently ignores EACCES errors when opening /dev/input/event* nodes, causing pusb_has_vir…
CVE-2026-45102 2026-05-27 OneUptime is an open-source monitoring and observability platform. Prior to 10.0.98, OneUptime uses the Node.js' vm module as an isolation primitive. This API was not designed for that and can be esca…
CVE-2026-44451 2026-05-26 Lumiverse is a full-featured AI chat application. Prior to 0.9.7, the component override system transpiles user-supplied TSX via Sucrase and evaluates it with new Function, shadowing dangerous globals…
CVE-2026-44071 2026-05-21 Netatalk 3.1.2 through 4.4.2 is compiled without FORTIFY_SOURCE, which disables built-in buffer overflow detection at runtime, potentially allowing a remote attacker to cause a minor denial of service…
CVE-2026-9116 2026-05-20 Insufficient policy enforcement in ServiceWorker in Google Chrome on prior to 148.0.7778.179 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: H…
CVE-2026-9115 2026-05-20 Insufficient policy enforcement in Service Worker in Google Chrome on prior to 148.0.7778.179 allowed a remote attacker to bypass same origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severit…
CVE-2026-24425 2026-05-20 Twig versions 2.16.x and 3.9.0 through 3.25.x contain a sandbox bypass vulnerability when using a SourcePolicyInterface that allows attackers with template rendering capabilities to pass arbitrary PHP…
CVE-2026-8969 2026-05-19 Mitigation bypass in the DOM: Security component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151 and Thunderbird 151.
CVE-2026-8962 2026-05-19 Mitigation bypass in the DOM: Security component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 151, Firefox ESR 140.11, Thunderbird 151, and Thunderbird 140.11.

Content submission

Name
CWE Content Team
Organization
MITRE
Date
2008-04-11
Version
Draft 9

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 Description, Relationships, Other_Notes
2009-01-12 CWE Content Team 1.2 updated Relationships
2009-03-10 CWE Content Team 1.3 updated Related_Attack_Patterns, Relationships
2009-05-27 CWE Content Team 1.4 updated Description, Related_Attack_Patterns
2009-07-27 CWE Content Team 1.5 updated Relationships
2009-10-29 CWE Content Team 1.6 updated Relationships
2010-02-16 CWE Content Team 1.8 updated Relationships
2011-03-29 CWE Content Team 1.12 updated Maintenance_Notes, Other_Notes, Relationships
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated Related_Attack_Patterns, Relationships
2013-02-21 CWE Content Team 2.4 updated Relationships
2013-07-17 CWE Content Team 2.5 updated Relationships
2014-02-18 CWE Content Team 2.6 updated Related_Attack_Patterns
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
2017-05-03 CWE Content Team 2.11 updated Related_Attack_Patterns
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Applicable_Platforms
2018-03-27 CWE Content Team 3.1 updated Relationships
2019-01-03 CWE Content Team 3.2 updated Related_Attack_Patterns
2019-06-20 CWE Content Team 3.3 updated Related_Attack_Patterns, Relationships
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Applicable_Platforms, Related_Attack_Patterns, Relationships, Type
2020-06-25 CWE Content Team 4.1 updated Relationships
2020-08-20 CWE Content Team 4.2 updated Related_Attack_Patterns, Relationships
2020-12-10 CWE Content Team 4.3 updated Relationships
2021-03-15 CWE Content Team 4.4 updated Maintenance_Notes
2021-07-20 CWE Content Team 4.5 updated Related_Attack_Patterns
2021-10-28 CWE Content Team 4.6 updated Relationships
2023-01-31 CWE Content Team 4.10 updated Applicable_Platforms, Relationships
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2025-04-03 CWE Content Team 4.17 updated Relationships
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Relationships, Weakness_Ordinalities
2026-04-30 CWE Content Team 4.20 updated Mapping_Notes
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