Variant weakness
Incomplete
CWE-278: Insecure Preserved Inherited Permissions
A product inherits a set of insecure permissions for an object, e.g. when copying from an archive file, without user awareness or involvement.
Last updated
7
Recorded CVEs
With this primary weakness
0
KEVs
In the CISA KEV catalog
Not rated
Likelihood of exploit
Per MITRE
Variant
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
CWE-278 (Insecure Preserved Inherited Permissions) is a variant-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
7 recorded CVEs are caused by CWE-278 (Insecure Preserved Inherited Permissions). The highest-severity and most recent are shown first. 2 new CWE-278 CVEs have been recorded so far in 2026 (1 in 2025).