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.
| 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 |