Weaknesses in the 2025 CWE Most Important Hardware Weaknesses List

Objective

CWE entries in this view are listed in the 2025 CWE Most Important Hardware Weaknesses List, as determined by the Hardware CWE Special Interest Group (HW CWE SIG). The 2025 MIHW aims to drive awareness of critical hardware weaknesses and provide the cybersecurity community with practical guidance to prevent security issues at the source. By combining advanced data analysis with expert consensus, the list helps organizations prioritize mitigations, strengthen design practices, and make informed decisions throughout the hardware lifecycle.

Audience

Type	Description
Hardware Designers	Address key security weaknesses during hardware design process.
Product Customers	Evaluate products for critical security weaknesses and enforce supplier security standards.
Applied Researchers	Investigate selected weaknesses and develop new mitigation strategies.
Academic Researchers	Identify gaps in foundational security models to develop advanced approaches.
Assessment Teams	Focus testing on high-priority hardware security weaknesses.
Assessment Tool Vendors	Improve automated tools to detect critical security weaknesses.
Educators	Structure course content and research projects around hardware security weaknesses.