Common Weakness Enumeration

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.

Associated Reviewed Advisories

Vulnerabilities classified under CWE-636 ordered by modification date.

25 reviewed records
Advisory ID NVD ID Severity PURLs Summary Last Modified
GHSA-mwwr-p57h-56pf CVE-2026-61788 HIGH

@bytebase/dbhub's read-only mode does not prevent database writes

2026-09-24
GHSA-328g-jx67-v94g CVE-2026-77560 HIGH

Tinyauth: forward-auth per-app ACL is matched case-sensitively against the (case-insensitive) hostname, letting an authenticated user reach apps they are not on the allowlist for

2026-09-22
GHSA-3492-cvg7-9mr2 CVE-2026-61595 HIGH

djust: Multi-tenant isolation fails open on the WebSocket/SSE path, disclosing other tenants' data

2026-09-16
GHSA-73p9-6hrp-8qhr - MODERATE

AIIR verification and policy gates could report success without enforcing the control (fail-open)

2026-08-28
GHSA-gp79-m99v-gjmh CVE-2026-53837 MODERATE

OpenClaw: Mattermost handlers could fall open when channel type was missing

2026-08-28
GHSA-chqm-wxm2-w73w - MODERATE

Duplicate Advisory: OpenClaw: Mattermost handlers could fall open when channel type was missing

2026-08-28
GHSA-8fpg-xm3f-6cx3 CVE-2026-73421 CRITICAL

Auth.js: Configuration errors can cause existence-based auth checks to fail open (auth object populated with an error)

2026-08-12
GHSA-hc4m-q9jh-xw4j - MODERATE -

nono-cli'scregistry pack verification can fail open when provenance metadata is absent

2026-07-28
GHSA-whvh-wf3x-g77j - LOW

JupyterLab: Allowlist/blocklist check in `PyPIExtensionManager.install()` not enforced for direct callers (missing `await`)

2026-07-22
GHSA-j92g-9f8w-j867 CVE-2026-54291 HIGH

PostgreSQL JDBC Driver: Silent channel-binding authentication downgrade via unsupported certificate algorithms

2026-07-21
GHSA-4mr2-fg2p-w63c CVE-2026-54762 MODERATE

Traefik Kubernetes Ingress NGINX provider fails open when auth-secret resolution fails

2026-07-20
GHSA-p9jg-fcr6-3mhf CVE-2026-53712 HIGH

OnGres SCRAM silent channel-binding authentication downgrade via unsupported certificate algorithms

2026-07-01
GHSA-wpwq-4j6v-78m3 CVE-2026-55568 MODERATE -

guzzlehttp/guzzle: Silent HTTPS-Proxy Downgrade to Cleartext

2026-06-19
GHSA-8mg9-j9cf-54cj CVE-2026-53852 LOW

OpenClaw: Empty-scope device re-pairing could confuse caller scope containment

2026-06-18
GHSA-hc4w-hm59-9w88 - LOW

Duplicate Advisory: Empty-scope device re-pairing could confuse caller scope containment

2026-06-18
GHSA-2v5f-5r6w-p67r CVE-2026-45781 LOW

MCP Registry: OCI validator skips ownership check on upstream rate limits

2026-05-19
GHSA-vcgp-9326-pqcp CVE-2026-42246 HIGH

net-imap vulnerable to STARTTLS stripping via invalid response timing

2026-05-14
GHSA-q2gc-xjqw-qp89 CVE-2026-42423 MODERATE

OpenClaw: strictInlineEval explicit-approval boundary bypassed by approval-timeout fallback on gateway and node exec hosts

2026-05-06
GHSA-cwq8-6f96-g3q4 CVE-2026-41377 LOW

OpenClaw: Security Scan Failure Does Not Block Plugin Installation (Fail-Open)

2026-05-06
GHSA-jgq2-vq69-gr6h CVE-2026-40525 CRITICAL

OpenViking: Unauthenticated remote bot control via OpenAPI HTTP routes

2026-04-24
GHSA-q5jf-9vfq-h4h7 CVE-2026-35205 HIGH

Helm's plugin verification fails open when .prov is missing, allowing unsigned plugin install

2026-04-24
GHSA-x5r2-r74c-3w28 CVE-2026-40247 HIGH

free5gc UDR improper path validation allows unauthenticated access to Traffic Influence Subscriptions

2026-04-24
GHSA-jgq2-qv8v-5cmj CVE-2026-40248 HIGH

free5gc UDR improper path validation allows unauthenticated creation and modification of Traffic Influence Subscriptions

2026-04-24
GHSA-gx38-8h33-pmxr CVE-2026-40249 MODERATE

free5gc UDR fail-open request handling in PolicyDataSubsToNotifySubsIdPut may allow unintended subscription updates after input errors

2026-04-24
GHSA-qvr7-g57c-mrc7 CVE-2026-32970 LOW

OpenClaw: Unavailable local auth SecretRefs could fall through to remote credentials in local mode

2026-04-07