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The CWE object represents a weakness in a software system that can be exploited by a threat actor to perform an attack. The CWE object is based on the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) catalog.

uid

  • Type: string_t
  • Requirement: required

The Common Weakness Enumeration unique number assigned to a specific weakness. A CWE Identifier begins “CWE” followed by a sequence of digits that acts as a unique identifier. For example: CWE-123.

caption

  • Type: string_t
  • Requirement: optional

The caption assigned to the Common Weakness Enumeration unique identifier.

src_url

  • Type: url_t
  • Requirement: optional

URL pointing to the CWE Specification. For more information see CWE.