CWE-693Pillar11 in KEV

Protection Mechanism Failure

Draft in the CWE catalog · 455 CVEs mapped

455
CVEs mapped
11
In KEV
6.7
Median CVSS
What it is

The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.

Recent examples
6.5cvss
CVE-2026-84811

CVE-2026-84811 - MEDIUM Severity Vulnerability

agentverus-scanner fails to analyze compiled Python bytecode files in companion code directories, allowing attackers to bypass security scanning by shipping malicious __pycache__ entries alongside benign source files. Attackers can execute arbitrary Python bytecode on import while the scanner reports a CERTIFIED verdict with high trust scores in both static and semantic analysis modes.

MEDIUMno explanation yet
0%
epss
6.5cvss
CVE-2026-84810

CVE-2026-84810 - MEDIUM Severity Vulnerability

claude-skill-antivirus fails to analyze executable files when scanning local skill directories, reading only SKILL.md while ignoring Python source, bytecode, and other artifacts in the scripts directory. Attackers can distribute skills with malicious code in non-manifest files that receive a SAFE verdict with 100/100 trust score despite containing unanalyzed executable payloads.

MEDIUMno explanation yet
0%
epss
6.5cvss
CVE-2026-84809

CVE-2026-84809 - MEDIUM Severity Vulnerability

Tencent AI-Infra-Guard's skill-scan component excludes compiled Python bytecode files from analysis by hardcoding __pycache__ directories and .pyc/.pyo/.pyd extensions into skip lists across multiple scanning surfaces. Attackers can distribute skills with benign Python source files alongside malicious compiled bytecode that executes on import while the scanner reports a safe verdict, enabling code execution when operators install the skill.

MEDIUMno explanation yet
0%
epss
The record
Technical detail
CWE ID
CWE-693
Abstraction
Pillar
Structure
Simple
Status
Draft