Class weakness
Draft
CWE-656: Reliance on Security Through Obscurity
Also known as: Never Assuming your secrets are safe
The product uses a protection mechanism whose strength depends heavily on its obscurity, such that knowledge of its algorithms or key data is sufficient to defeat the mechanism.
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Recorded CVEs
With this primary weakness
0
KEVs
In the CISA KEV catalog
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Likelihood of exploit
Per MITRE
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Overview
This reliance on "security through obscurity" can produce resultant weaknesses if an attacker is able to reverse engineer the inner workings of the mechanism. Note that obscurity can be one small part of defense in depth, since it can create more work for an attacker; however, it is a significant risk if used as the primary means of protection.