CWE-636
Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open')
Description
When the product encounters an error condition or failure, its design requires it to fall back to a state that is less secure than other options that are available, such as selecting the weakest encryption algorithm or using the most permissive access control restrictions.
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CVEs mapped to this weakness (44)
page 1 of 3| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-43532 | Hig | 0.58 | 8.8 | 0.12 | Oct 8, 2024 | Remote Registry Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | ||
| CVE-2026-68746 | Hig | 0.57 | 8.8 | 0.00 | Aug 5, 2026 | Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open') vulnerability in livebook-dev livebook allows an unauthenticated network client to obtain full access to a Livebook server that enforces identity through Livebook Teams. A Livebook Agent or App Server connected to Livebook Teams caches the… | ||
| CVE-2026-53913 | Cri | 0.57 | 9.8 | 0.01 | Jul 6, 2026 | Improper Authentication, Missing Authentication for Critical Function, Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open') vulnerability in Apache Camel Keycloak Component. The KeycloakSecurityPolicy of camel-keycloak guards a route by running KeycloakSecurityProcessor.beforeProcess(), which… | ||
| CVE-2024-3729 | Cri | 0.57 | 9.8 | 0.01 | May 2, 2024 | The Frontend Admin by DynamiApps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to improper missing encryption exception handling on the 'fea_encrypt' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.19.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to manipulate the user… | ||
| CVE-2021-1578 | Hig | 0.57 | 8.8 | 0.02 | Aug 25, 2021 | A vulnerability in an API endpoint of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) and Cisco Cloud Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (Cloud APIC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to Administrator on an affected device.… | ||
| CVE-2023-4030 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.4 | 0.00 | Aug 17, 2023 | A vulnerability was reported in BIOS for ThinkPad P14s Gen 2, P15s Gen 2, T14 Gen 2, and T15 Gen 2 that could cause the system to recover to insecure settings if the BIOS becomes corrupt. | ||
| CVE-2026-69306 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.2 | 0.00 | Aug 11, 2026 | Not failing securely ('failing open') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network. | ||
| CVE-2026-50528 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.2 | 0.01 | Jul 14, 2026 | Incorrect authorization in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network. | ||
| CVE-2026-73421 | Cri | 0.52 | — | 0.01 | Aug 13, 2026 | NextAuth.js provides authentication for Next.js. From next-auth 5.0.0-beta.0 until 5.0.0-beta.32, applications that gate access by checking only for the existence of the auth object returned by the auth() wrapper can fail open when Auth.js has a server configuration error. In… | ||
| CVE-2026-40525 | Cri | 0.52 | 9.1 | 0.01 | Apr 17, 2026 | OpenViking prior to version 0.3.9 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the VikingBot OpenAPI HTTP route surface where the authentication check fails open when the api_key configuration value is unset or empty. Remote attackers with network access to the exposed… | ||
| CVE-2025-54870 | Hig | 0.50 | — | 0.00 | Aug 5, 2025 | VTun-ng is a Virtual Tunnel over TCP/IP network. In versions 3.0.17 and below, failure to initialize encryption modules might cause reversion to plaintext due to insufficient error handling. The bug was first introduced in VTun-ng version 3.0.12. This is fixed in version 3.0.18.… | ||
| CVE-2026-54762 | Hig | 0.49 | 8.6 | 0.00 | Jun 23, 2026 | Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. From 3.7.0-ea.1 until 3.7.5, there is a medium severity vulnerability in Traefik's Kubernetes Ingress NGINX provider that causes affected routes to fail open. When an Ingress explicitly enables BasicAuth or DigestAuth through… | ||
| CVE-2026-35205 | Hig | 0.44 | 7.8 | 0.00 | Apr 9, 2026 | Helm is a package manager for Charts for Kubernetes. From 4.0.0 to 4.1.3, Helm will install plugins missing provenance (.prov file) when signature verification is required. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.1.4. | ||
| CVE-2023-28842 | Med | 0.44 | 6.8 | 0.01 | Apr 4, 2023 | Moby) is an open source container framework developed by Docker Inc. that is distributed as Docker, Mirantis Container Runtime, and various other downstream projects/products. The Moby daemon component (`dockerd`), which is developed as moby/moby is commonly referred to as… | ||
| CVE-2026-42423 | Hig | 0.42 | 7.5 | 0.00 | Apr 28, 2026 | OpenClaw before 2026.4.8 contains an approval-timeout fallback mechanism that bypasses strictInlineEval explicit-approval requirements on gateway and node exec hosts. Attackers can exploit this timeout fallback to execute inline eval commands that should require explicit user… | ||
| CVE-2026-40248 | Hig | 0.42 | 7.5 | 0.00 | Apr 16, 2026 | free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. In versions 4.2.1 and below of the UDR service, the handler for creating or updating Traffic Influence Subscriptions checks whether the influenceId path segment equals subs-to-notify, but does not return after… | ||
| CVE-2026-40247 | Hig | 0.42 | 7.5 | 0.00 | Apr 16, 2026 | free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. In versions 4.2.1 and below of the UDR service, the handler for reading Traffic Influence Subscriptions checks whether the influenceId path segment equals subs-to-notify, but does not return after sending the HTTP… | ||
| CVE-2026-35042 | Hig | 0.42 | 7.5 | 0.00 | Apr 6, 2026 | fast-jwt provides fast JSON Web Token (JWT) implementation. In 6.1.0 and earlier, fast-jwt does not validate the crit (Critical) Header Parameter defined in RFC 7515 §4.1.11. When a JWS token contains a crit array listing extensions that fast-jwt does not understand, the… | ||
| CVE-2024-8185 | Hig | 0.42 | 7.5 | 0.00 | Oct 31, 2024 | Vault Community and Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) clusters using Vault’s Integrated Storage backend are vulnerable to a denial-of-service (DoS) attack through memory exhaustion through a Raft cluster join API endpoint . An attacker may send a large volume of requests to the… | ||
| CVE-2024-2660 | Med | 0.42 | 6.4 | 0.00 | Apr 4, 2024 | Vault and Vault Enterprise TLS certificates auth method did not correctly validate OCSP responses when one or more OCSP sources were configured. This vulnerability, CVE-2024-2660, affects Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.14.0 and above, and is fixed in Vault 1.16.0 and Vault… |
- risk 0.58cvss 8.8epss 0.12
Remote Registry Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- risk 0.57cvss 8.8epss 0.00
Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open') vulnerability in livebook-dev livebook allows an unauthenticated network client to obtain full access to a Livebook server that enforces identity through Livebook Teams. A Livebook Agent or App Server connected to Livebook Teams caches the…
- risk 0.57cvss 9.8epss 0.01
Improper Authentication, Missing Authentication for Critical Function, Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open') vulnerability in Apache Camel Keycloak Component. The KeycloakSecurityPolicy of camel-keycloak guards a route by running KeycloakSecurityProcessor.beforeProcess(), which…
- risk 0.57cvss 9.8epss 0.01
The Frontend Admin by DynamiApps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to improper missing encryption exception handling on the 'fea_encrypt' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.19.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to manipulate the user…
- risk 0.57cvss 8.8epss 0.02
A vulnerability in an API endpoint of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) and Cisco Cloud Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (Cloud APIC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to Administrator on an affected device.…
- risk 0.55cvss 8.4epss 0.00
A vulnerability was reported in BIOS for ThinkPad P14s Gen 2, P15s Gen 2, T14 Gen 2, and T15 Gen 2 that could cause the system to recover to insecure settings if the BIOS becomes corrupt.
- risk 0.53cvss 8.2epss 0.00
Not failing securely ('failing open') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.
- risk 0.53cvss 8.2epss 0.01
Incorrect authorization in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.
- risk 0.52cvss —epss 0.01
NextAuth.js provides authentication for Next.js. From next-auth 5.0.0-beta.0 until 5.0.0-beta.32, applications that gate access by checking only for the existence of the auth object returned by the auth() wrapper can fail open when Auth.js has a server configuration error. In…
- risk 0.52cvss 9.1epss 0.01
OpenViking prior to version 0.3.9 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the VikingBot OpenAPI HTTP route surface where the authentication check fails open when the api_key configuration value is unset or empty. Remote attackers with network access to the exposed…
- risk 0.50cvss —epss 0.00
VTun-ng is a Virtual Tunnel over TCP/IP network. In versions 3.0.17 and below, failure to initialize encryption modules might cause reversion to plaintext due to insufficient error handling. The bug was first introduced in VTun-ng version 3.0.12. This is fixed in version 3.0.18.…
- risk 0.49cvss 8.6epss 0.00
Traefik is an HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer. From 3.7.0-ea.1 until 3.7.5, there is a medium severity vulnerability in Traefik's Kubernetes Ingress NGINX provider that causes affected routes to fail open. When an Ingress explicitly enables BasicAuth or DigestAuth through…
- risk 0.44cvss 7.8epss 0.00
Helm is a package manager for Charts for Kubernetes. From 4.0.0 to 4.1.3, Helm will install plugins missing provenance (.prov file) when signature verification is required. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.1.4.
- risk 0.44cvss 6.8epss 0.01
Moby) is an open source container framework developed by Docker Inc. that is distributed as Docker, Mirantis Container Runtime, and various other downstream projects/products. The Moby daemon component (`dockerd`), which is developed as moby/moby is commonly referred to as…
- risk 0.42cvss 7.5epss 0.00
OpenClaw before 2026.4.8 contains an approval-timeout fallback mechanism that bypasses strictInlineEval explicit-approval requirements on gateway and node exec hosts. Attackers can exploit this timeout fallback to execute inline eval commands that should require explicit user…
- risk 0.42cvss 7.5epss 0.00
free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. In versions 4.2.1 and below of the UDR service, the handler for creating or updating Traffic Influence Subscriptions checks whether the influenceId path segment equals subs-to-notify, but does not return after…
- risk 0.42cvss 7.5epss 0.00
free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. In versions 4.2.1 and below of the UDR service, the handler for reading Traffic Influence Subscriptions checks whether the influenceId path segment equals subs-to-notify, but does not return after sending the HTTP…
- risk 0.42cvss 7.5epss 0.00
fast-jwt provides fast JSON Web Token (JWT) implementation. In 6.1.0 and earlier, fast-jwt does not validate the crit (Critical) Header Parameter defined in RFC 7515 §4.1.11. When a JWS token contains a crit array listing extensions that fast-jwt does not understand, the…
- risk 0.42cvss 7.5epss 0.00
Vault Community and Vault Enterprise (“Vault”) clusters using Vault’s Integrated Storage backend are vulnerable to a denial-of-service (DoS) attack through memory exhaustion through a Raft cluster join API endpoint . An attacker may send a large volume of requests to the…
- risk 0.42cvss 6.4epss 0.00
Vault and Vault Enterprise TLS certificates auth method did not correctly validate OCSP responses when one or more OCSP sources were configured. This vulnerability, CVE-2024-2660, affects Vault and Vault Enterprise 1.14.0 and above, and is fixed in Vault 1.16.0 and Vault…