Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE Definition / CWE-655

    CWE-655: Insufficient Psychological Acceptability

    The product has a protection mechanism that is too difficult or inconvenient to use, encouraging non-malicious users to disable or bypass the mechanism, whether by accident or on purpose.

    Published:18 Jan 2008
    Organization:MITRE
    Modified:11 Dec 2025

    Related Weakness

    CWE-657: Violation of Secure Design Principles

    CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure

    CWE-655: Insufficient Psychological Acceptability | CVE-DB