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ID

CWE CATEGORY: SFP Primary Cluster: Tainted Input

Category ID: 896
Vulnerability Mapping: PROHIBITED This CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities
+ Summary
This category identifies Software Fault Patterns (SFPs) within the Tainted Input cluster (SFP24, SFP25, SFP26, SFP27).
+ 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). 888 Software Fault Pattern (SFP) Clusters
HasMember CategoryCategory - a CWE entry that contains a set of other entries that share a common characteristic. 990 SFP Secondary Cluster: Tainted Input to Command
HasMember CategoryCategory - a CWE entry that contains a set of other entries that share a common characteristic. 991 SFP Secondary Cluster: Tainted Input to Environment
HasMember CategoryCategory - a CWE entry that contains a set of other entries that share a common characteristic. 992 SFP Secondary Cluster: Faulty Input Transformation
HasMember CategoryCategory - a CWE entry that contains a set of other entries that share a common characteristic. 993 SFP Secondary Cluster: Incorrect Input Handling
HasMember CategoryCategory - a CWE entry that contains a set of other entries that share a common characteristic. 994 SFP Secondary Cluster: Tainted Input to Variable
+ Vulnerability Mapping Notes

Usage: PROHIBITED

(this CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities)

Reason: Category

Rationale:

This entry is a Category. Using categories for mapping has been discouraged since 2019. Categories 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.
+ Content History
+ Submissions
Submission Date Submitter Organization
2012-03-22
(CWE 2.2, 2012-05-14) 		CWE Content Team MITRE
+ Modifications
Modification Date Modifier Organization
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Name, Relationships
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Description
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
+ Previous Entry Names
Change Date Previous Entry Name
2014-07-31 SFP Cluster: Tainted Input
Page Last Updated: December 10, 2025
 

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