Software and Data Integrity Failures
Software and data integrity failures relate to code and infrastructure that does not protect against integrity violations, including insecure deserialization.
Overview
A new category for 2021, focuses on making assumptions related to software updates, critical data, and CI/CD pipelines without verifying integrity. Also includes Insecure Deserialization from 2017.
How Attackers Exploit This
Understanding attack patterns helps you build better defenses. These are the techniques security teams watch for.
Insecure deserialization
Untrusted data is deserialized by the application, potentially leading to remote code execution.
CI/CD pipeline compromise
Attackers inject malicious code through compromised build systems or update mechanisms.
How to Prevent
- Use digital signatures to verify software or data is from expected source
- Ensure libraries and dependencies are from trusted repositories
- Use software supply chain security tools to verify components
- Ensure CI/CD pipeline has proper segregation and access control
- Ensure unsigned or unencrypted serialized data is not sent to untrusted clients
CWEs with Shoulder Detection (2)
These CWEs have Shoulder detection rules. Click to see specific vulnerabilities and fixes.
Other Mapped CWEs (8)
These CWEs are mapped to this category. Use MITRE references for guidance.