Base weakness
Draft
CWE-268: Privilege Chaining
Two distinct privileges, roles, capabilities, or rights can be combined in a way that allows an entity to perform unsafe actions that would not be allowed without that combination.
Last updated
21
Recorded CVEs
With this primary weakness
0
KEVs
In the CISA KEV catalog
High
Likelihood of exploit
Per MITRE
Base
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
CWE-268 (Privilege Chaining) is a base-level software weakness catalogued by MITRE in the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE). It describes a recurring type of mistake that can lead to exploitable security vulnerabilities.
Real-world CVEs
21 recorded CVEs are caused by CWE-268 (Privilege Chaining). The highest-severity and most recent are shown first. 2 new CWE-268 CVEs have been recorded so far in 2026 (10 in 2025).