Common Weakness Enumeration
CWE Definition / CWE-289
CWE-289: Authentication Bypass by Alternate Name
The product performs authentication based on the name of a resource being accessed, or the name of the actor performing the access, but it does not properly check all possible names for that resource or actor.
Published:19 Jul 2006
Organization:MITRE
Modified:11 Dec 2025
Related Weakness
CWE-1390: Weak Authentication
