LEXICON Open App →
HomeGlossary › Common Weakness Enumeration

Common Weakness Enumeration

📖 ISTQB Glossary

Official ISTQB Definition

A community-developed list of common software and hardware weaknesses.

3 Ways to Think About It

💡
The Quick Take

CWE: A catalog of software weakness types that can lead to vulnerabilities.

🔍
Look Closer

A categorized list of software flaw patterns to avoid.

🎯
The Bottom Line

The taxonomy of security weaknesses for developers and testers.

Practice this term with quizzes and arcade games

Study with Lexicon →
← Common Vulnerability Scoring SystemAll TermsCommon Weakness Scoring System →