CWE - CWE-1366: ICS Communications: Frail Security in Protocols (4.10)

Category ID: 1366

Summary

Weaknesses in this category are related to the "Frail Security in Protocols" category from the SEI ETF "Categories of Security Vulnerabilities in ICS" as published in March 2022: "Vulnerabilities arise as a result of mis-implementation or incomplete implementation of security in ICS implementations of communication protocols." Note: members of this category include "Nearest IT Neighbor" recommendations from the report, as well as suggestions by the CWE team. These relationships are likely to change in future CWE versions.

Membership

Nature	Type	ID	Name
MemberOf	Category - a CWE entry that contains a set of other entries that share a common characteristic.	1359	ICS Communications
HasMember	Class - a weakness that is described in a very abstract fashion, typically independent of any specific language or technology. More specific than a Pillar Weakness, but more general than a Base Weakness. Class level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 1 or 2 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, and resource.	327	Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
HasMember	Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	358	Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard

Notes

Relationship

Relationships in this category are not authoritative and subject to change. See Maintenance notes.

Maintenance

This category was created in CWE 4.7 to facilitate and illuminate discussion about weaknesses in ICS with [REF-1248] as a starting point. After the release of CWE 4.9 in October 2022, this has been under active review by members of the "Boosting CWE" subgroup of the CWE-CAPEC ICS/OT Special Interest Group (SIG). Relationships are still subject to change. In addition, there may be some issues in [REF-1248] that are outside of the current scope of CWE, which will require consultation with many CWE stakeholders to resolve.

References

[REF-1259] Wikipedia. "Transport Layer Security". <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security>.

[REF-1248] Securing Energy Infrastructure Executive Task Force (SEI ETF). "Categories of Security Vulnerabilities in ICS". ICS Communications. 2022-03-09. <https://inl.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/SEI-ETF-NCSV-TPT-Categories-of-Security-Vulnerabilities-ICS-v1_03-09-22.pdf>.

Content History

Submissions
Submission Date	Submitter	Organization
2022-03-09	New Categories of Security Vulnerabilities (NCSV) Technical Project Team (TPT)	Securing Energy Infrastructure Executive Task Force
2022-03-09
Modifications
Modification Date	Modifier	Organization
2023-01-31	CWE Content Team	MITRE
2023-01-31	updated Description, Maintenance_Notes, Relationship_Notes

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CWE CATEGORY: ICS Communications: Frail Security in Protocols


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