Hard-coded Credentials
1,570 CVEs across 110 months on the top 50 list since Jan 2001. Peak rank #7 in 2 months, last Feb 2021.
CWE-798 CVEs per month since Jan 2001
Oct 2021: not on the top 50 that monthNov 2021: 8 CVEs · rank #44Dec 2021: 14 CVEs · rank #34Jan 2022: 15 CVEs · rank #29Feb 2022: 13 CVEs · rank #33Mar 2022: 20 CVEs · rank #26Apr 2022: 19 CVEs · rank #28May 2022: 15 CVEs · rank #28Jun 2022: 17 CVEs · rank #29Jul 2022: 28 CVEs · rank #15Aug 2022: 24 CVEs · rank #24Sep 2022: 15 CVEs · rank #32Oct 2022: 11 CVEs · rank #35Nov 2022: 16 CVEs · rank #33Dec 2022: 12 CVEs · rank #40Jan 2023: 19 CVEs · rank #28Feb 2023: 17 CVEs · rank #35Mar 2023: not on the top 50 that monthApr 2023: 13 CVEs · rank #39May 2023: 11 CVEs · rank #44Jun 2023: 13 CVEs · rank #39Jul 2023: 13 CVEs · rank #34Aug 2023: 21 CVEs · rank #24Sep 2023: 21 CVEs · rank #25Oct 2023: 17 CVEs · rank #31Nov 2023: 14 CVEs · rank #35Dec 2023: 22 CVEs · rank #25Jan 2024: 26 CVEs · rank #26Feb 2024: 14 CVEs · rank #38Mar 2024: not on the top 50 that monthApr 2024: 11 CVEs · rank #47May 2024: 21 CVEs · rank #40Jun 2024: 29 CVEs · rank #24Jul 2024: 15 CVEs · rank #39Aug 2024: 17 CVEs · rank #37Sep 2024: 18 CVEs · rank #32Oct 2024: 15 CVEs · rank #46Nov 2024: 23 CVEs · rank #32Dec 2024: 12 CVEs · rank #50Jan 2025: not on the top 50 that monthFeb 2025: 16 CVEs · rank #41Mar 2025: 20 CVEs · rank #41Apr 2025: not on the top 50 that monthMay 2025: 19 CVEs · rank #42Jun 2025: not on the top 50 that monthJul 2025: 33 CVEs · rank #29Aug 2025: 24 CVEs · rank #37Sep 2025: 29 CVEs · rank #35Oct 2025: not on the top 50 that monthNov 2025: not on the top 50 that monthDec 2025: 32 CVEs · rank #33Jan 2026: 22 CVEs · rank #39Feb 2026: 20 CVEs · rank #47Mar 2026: 38 CVEs · rank #42Apr 2026: not on the top 50 that monthMay 2026: 33 CVEs · rank #47Jun 2026: not on the top 50 that monthJul 2026: not on the top 50 that monthAug 2026: 41 CVEs · rank #50Sep 2026 so far: 44 CVEs · rank #44
Year by year
Each year's months on the top 50 list of weakness classes. Pick a year to read it in the lens.
The record
- Peak rank
- #7 in 2 months, last Feb 2021
- Busiest month
- Sep 2026, 44 CVEs
- First on the list
- Jan 2001
- On the top 50 list
- 110 of 309 monthly snapshots