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CWE-270Privilege Context Switching Error

Abstraction: Base · CVEs in our corpus: 25

The product does not properly manage privileges while it is switching between different contexts that have different privileges or spheres of control.

Last updated: 09 May 2026 03:25 UTC

NIST 800-53 r5 controls that address this weakness (0)AI

Control Title Family Why it addresses this CWE
No NIST controls proposed yet.

Top CVEs of this weakness type, ranked by Risk Priority

CVE Risk CVSS EPSS Published
CVE-2021-3493 KEV8.48.80.77072021-04-17
CVE-2023-264754.19.90.34752023-03-02
CVE-2023-379122.69.90.09892023-10-25
CVE-2023-257542.09.80.00262023-05-08
CVE-2025-495812.08.80.03872025-06-13
CVE-2024-112631.99.30.00162024-11-15
CVE-2019-148191.88.80.00262020-01-07
CVE-2024-365131.78.20.00172024-11-12
CVE-2017-26631.68.20.00132018-07-27
CVE-2024-469751.67.90.00022025-02-22
CVE-2025-94081.68.10.00012025-11-11
CVE-2025-607211.67.80.00052025-11-11
CVE-2025-552101.57.50.00062026-02-12
CVE-2026-348531.57.70.00012026-04-13
CVE-2020-70191.36.50.00182020-08-18
CVE-2024-86411.36.70.00062024-09-12
CVE-2024-125701.36.70.00032024-12-12
CVE-2025-264991.26.00.00012025-09-11
CVE-2020-17191.15.40.00122021-06-07
CVE-2024-372941.15.50.00082024-06-11
CVE-2024-471731.15.50.00082024-10-24
CVE-2024-519871.15.40.00142024-11-08
CVE-2025-464061.15.60.00052025-07-10
CVE-2025-495830.73.50.00042025-06-13
CVE-2020-70200.63.10.00082020-10-22