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ID

CWE Grouping: OWASP Top Ten 2007 Category A8 - Insecure Cryptographic Storage

Grouping ID: 719
Vulnerability Mapping: PROHIBITED This CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities
+ Summary
Weaknesses in this category are related to the A8 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2007.
+ Membership
Nature Type ID Name
MemberOf ViewView - a subset of CWE entries that provides a way of examining CWE content. The two main view structures are Slices (flat lists) and Graphs (containing relationships between entries). 629 Weaknesses in OWASP Top Ten (2007)
HasMember ClassClass - 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. 311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
HasMember VariantVariant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource. 321 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
HasMember BaseBase - 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. 325 Missing Cryptographic Step
HasMember ClassClass - 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. 326 Inadequate Encryption Strength
+ Vulnerability Mapping Notes
Usage PROHIBITED
(this CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities)
Reason Grouping

Rationale

This entry is a Grouping. Using groupings for mapping has been discouraged since 2019. They are informal organizational groupings of weaknesses that can help CWE users with data aggregation, navigation, and browsing. However, they are not weaknesses in themselves.

Comments

See member weaknesses of this category.
+ References
[REF-577] OWASP. "Top 10 2007-Insecure Cryptographic Storage". 2007. <https://web.archive.org/web/20160319231135/https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Top_10_2007-A8>. URL validated: 2025-08-04.
+ Content History
+ Submissions
Submission Date Submitter Organization
2008-09-09
(CWE 1.0, 2008-09-09)
CWE Content Team MITRE
+ Modifications
Modification Date Modifier Organization
2026-10-28
(CWE 5.0, 2026-10-28)
CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes, Type
2025-09-09
(CWE 4.18, 2025-09-09)
CWE Content Team MITRE
updated References
2023-06-29
(CWE 4.12, 2023-06-29)
CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
2023-04-27
(CWE 4.11, 2023-04-27)
CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
2017-11-08
(CWE 3.0, 2017-11-08)
CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Related_Attack_Patterns
2009-12-28
(CWE 1.7, 2009-12-28)
CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Related_Attack_Patterns
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