CWE-298
Overview
- CWE ID
- 298
- CWE Name
- Improper Validation of Certificate Expiration
- CWE Abstraction
- Variant
- CWE structure
- Simple
- CWE Status
- Draft
Description
A certificate expiration is not validated or is incorrectly validated, so trust may be assigned to certificates that have been abandoned due to age.
Extended Description
When the expiration of a certificate is not taken into account, no trust has necessarily been conveyed through it. Therefore, the validity of the certificate cannot be verified and all benefit of the certificate is lost.