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Incorrect Privilege Assignment

CWE-266 · Base · Draft

A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

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Weakness Relationships

Where this weakness sits in the CWE hierarchy. Walk up to broader classes or down to more specific variants.
Parent of this (broader)
ChildOfCWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Children (more specific)
ParentOfCWE-1022 · Use of Web Link to Untrusted Target with window.opener Access
ParentOfCWE-1268 · Policy Privileges are not Assigned Consistently Between Control and Data Agents
ParentOfCWE-520 · .NET Misconfiguration: Use of Impersonation
ParentOfCWE-556 · ASP.NET Misconfiguration: Use of Identity Impersonation
ParentOfCWE-9 · J2EE Misconfiguration: Weak Access Permissions for EJB Methods
Related
CanAlsoBeCWE-286 · Incorrect User Management
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CVEs With This Weakness

836
A sample of the 836 CVEs tagged with this weakness.
CVECVE-2026-8752
CVECVE-2026-8747
CVECVE-2026-8743
CVECVE-2026-8241
CVECVE-2026-8233
CVECVE-2026-8148
CVECVE-2026-8127
CVECVE-2026-7713
CVECVE-2026-7709
CVECVE-2026-7686
CVECVE-2026-7644
CVECVE-2026-7631
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Nuclei Scanner Templates

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Open-source Nuclei templates that detect this weakness class - an actionable scan-for-it pivot. Licensed under the ProjectDiscovery / Nuclei terms.
criticalOttoKit < 1.0.83 - SureTriggers allows Privilege Escalation
criticalWordPress LiteSpeed Cache - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Admin
External lookups - second-class, for what we don’t hold ourselves
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