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