2022 CWE Top 25: the most dangerous software weaknesses

The Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute (HSSEDI) has published the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) list of the 25 most dangerous software weaknesses of 2022. That list uses the U.S. National Vulnerability Database (NIST's NVD) to compile the most frequent and critical bugs that can generate serious vulnerabilities in the software environment.

The main changes in weakness ranking positions that have occurred with respect to the 2021 CWE Top 25 are as follows: five of the top weaknesses have dropped in position, four have increased, there have been three new weakness entries, and three others have disappeared from the top 25 list.