Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-169

Grouping Prohibited

DEPRECATED: Technology-Specific Special Elements

Status: Deprecated

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This category has been deprecated. It was originally intended as a "catch-all" for input validation problems in technologies that did not have their own CWE, but introduces unnecessary depth to the hierarchy.

Grouping entries organize the catalogue and should not be used to map the root cause of a vulnerability.

Mapping guidance

This CWE has been deprecated. It is also 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.

See the summary, which might have suggestions for other CWEs to consider.

Content history
Submission: PLOVER · 2006-07-19 · CWE Draft 3
Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2008-09-08 · CWE 1.0

updated Relationships, Other_Notes, Taxonomy_Mappings

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2011-03-29 · CWE 1.12

updated Other_Notes

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2014-06-23 · CWE 2.7

updated Applicable_Platforms, Modes_of_Introduction, Other_Notes, Potential_Mitigations

Modification: CWE Content Team · MITRE · 2017-11-08 · CWE 3.0

updated Applicable_Platforms, Description, Modes_of_Introduction, Name, Potential_Mitigations, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings, Type

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

0 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

No vulnerabilities reference this CWE.

No mitigation information available for this CWE.

No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.

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