CWE-501
Overview
- CWE ID
- 501
- CWE Name
- Trust Boundary Violation
- CWE Abstraction
- Base
- CWE structure
- Simple
- CWE Status
- Draft
Description
The product mixes trusted and untrusted data in the same data structure or structured message.
Extended Description
A trust boundary can be thought of as line drawn through a program. On one side of the line, data is untrusted. On the other side of the line, data is assumed to be trustworthy. The purpose of validation logic is to allow data to safely cross the trust bo
Related CWEs
| CWE ID | View ID | Nature | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 664 | 1000 | ChildOf | Primary |