Base weakness
Draft
CWE-408: Incorrect Behavior Order: Early Amplification
The product allows an entity to perform a legitimate but expensive operation before authentication or authorization has taken place.
Last updated
7
Recorded CVEs
With this primary weakness
0
KEVs
In the CISA KEV catalog
Not rated
Likelihood of exploit
Per MITRE
Base
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
CWE-408 (Incorrect Behavior Order: Early Amplification) 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
7 recorded CVEs are caused by CWE-408 (Incorrect Behavior Order: Early Amplification). The highest-severity and most recent are shown first. 5 new CWE-408 CVEs have been recorded so far in 2026.