Common Weakness Enumeration
CWE-227
Grouping Prohibited7PK - API Abuse
Status: Draft
This category represents one of the phyla in the Seven Pernicious Kingdoms vulnerability classification. It includes weaknesses that involve the software using an API in a manner contrary to its intended use. According to the authors of the Seven Pernicious Kingdoms, "An API is a contract between a caller and a callee. The most common forms of API misuse occurs when the caller does not honor its end of this contract. For example, if a program does not call chdir() after calling chroot(), it violates the contract that specifies how to change the active root directory in a secure fashion. Another good example of library abuse is expecting the callee to return trustworthy DNS information to the caller. In this case, the caller misuses the callee API by making certain assumptions about its behavior (that the return value can be used for authentication purposes). One can also violate the caller-callee contract from the other side. For example, if a coder subclasses SecureRandom and returns a non-random value, the contract is violated."
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Mapping guidance
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Relationships and members
Content history
Submission: 7 Pernicious Kingdoms
· 2006-07-19
· CWE Draft 3
Modification: Eric Dalci
· Cigital
· 2008-07-01
· CWE 1.0
updated Time_of_Introduction
Modification: CWE Content Team
· MITRE
· 2008-09-08
· CWE 1.0
updated Description, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
Modification: CWE Content Team
· MITRE
· 2009-05-27
· CWE 1.4
updated Name, Relationships
Modification: CWE Content Team
· MITRE
· 2010-02-16
· CWE 1.8
updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
Modification: CWE Content Team
· MITRE
· 2010-12-13
· CWE 1.11
updated Description
Modification: CWE Content Team
· MITRE
· 2011-03-29
· CWE 1.12
updated Description, Name
Modification: CWE Content Team
· MITRE
· 2011-06-01
· CWE 1.13
updated Common_Consequences
Modification: CWE Content Team
· MITRE
· 2011-06-27
· CWE 2.0
updated Common_Consequences
Modification: CWE Content Team
· MITRE
· 2012-05-11
· CWE 2.2
updated Relationships
Modification: CWE Content Team
· MITRE
· 2012-10-30
· CWE 2.3
updated Observed_Examples, Potential_Mitigations
Modification: CWE Content Team
· MITRE
· 2013-07-17
· CWE 2.5
updated Relationships
Modification: CWE Content Team
· MITRE
· 2014-07-30
· CWE 2.8
updated Relationships
Modification: CWE Content Team
· MITRE
· 2017-01-19
· CWE 2.10
updated Relationships
Modification: CWE Content Team
· MITRE
· 2017-05-03
· CWE 2.11
updated Observed_Examples, Related_Attack_Patterns
Modification: CWE Content Team
· MITRE
· 2017-11-08
· CWE 3.0
updated Alternate_Terms, Common_Consequences, Description, Name, Observed_Examples, Potential_Mitigations, References, Related_Attack_Patterns, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings, Time_of_Introduction, Type
Modification: CWE Content Team
· MITRE
· 2019-01-03
· CWE 3.2
updated Relationships
Modification: CWE Content Team
· MITRE
· 2020-02-24
· CWE 4.0
updated Description, References, Relationships
Modification: CWE Content Team
· MITRE
· 2023-04-27
· CWE 4.11
updated Mapping_Notes
Modification: CWE Content Team
· MITRE
· 2023-06-29
· CWE 4.12
updated Mapping_Notes
Modification: CWE Content Team
· MITRE
· 2026-10-28
· CWE 5.0
updated Mapping_Notes, References, Type
3 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
CVE-2026-92963 (GCVE-0-2026-92963)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-17 13:46 – Updated: 2026-09-18 19:15
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
vm2 before 3.11.2 Information Disclosure via Internal State
Summary
vm2 versions before 3.11.2 fail to properly restrict access to the VM2_INTERNAL_STATE_DO_NOT_USE_OR_PROGRAM_WILL_FAIL global variable. Attackers can access this internal state object through globalThis to retrieve sensitive sandbox internals.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-18 19:15 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/patriksimek/vm2/security/advis… | vendor-advisory |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/vm2-before-3… | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| patriksimek | vm2 |
Affected:
0 , < 3.11.2
(semver)
Unaffected: 3.11.2 (semver) |
Date Public
2026-05-03 00:00
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CVE-2024-56442 (GCVE-0-2024-56442)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-08 02:20 – Updated: 2025-01-08 15:18
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Vulnerability of native APIs not being implemented in the NFC service module
Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause features to perform abnormally.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-08 15:17 UTC
CWE
- CWE-227 - 7PK - API Abuse
Assigner
References
1 reference
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CVE-2023-41293 (GCVE-0-2023-41293)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-25 12:18 – Updated: 2024-09-24 15:12
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Data security classification vulnerability in the DDMP module. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect confidentiality.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-24 15:10 UTC
Assigner
References
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No mitigation information available for this CWE.
No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.