{
  "node_id": "owasp-top-10-2025-a07-authentication-failures",
  "title": "A07:2025 Authentication Failures",
  "domain": "Cybersecurity",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-07-17",
  "bluf": "OWASP Top 10:2025 A07:2025 Authentication Failures. When an attacker is able to trick a system into recognizing an invalid or incorrect user as legitimate, this vulnerability is present. This category sits within the OWASP Top 10:2025 (the 2025 edition, finalized January 2026), the canonical industry list of the ten most critical web application security risks. Organizations building web applications should treat each of the ten categories as both a design constraint and a continuous-monitoring obligation, with policies, automated testing, and incident response procedures defined per category. Mapped weaknesses: CWE-258, CWE-259, CWE-287, CWE-288, CWE-289, CWE-290, CWE-294, CWE-295, CWE-306, CWE-307, CWE-384, CWE-521.",
  "paywall": {
    "status": "LOCKED",
    "unlock_cost_usd": "0.01",
    "skyfire_id": "41779894-ece2-4163-9761-b3b1b76e19b0"
  },
  "crosswalks": {
    "_available_keys": [
      "nist_framework",
      "iso_standard",
      "industry_mapping",
      "ai_overlay_2026"
    ],
    "_note": "Full crosswalk values included in vault response"
  },
  "dependencies": [
    "owasp-asvs-l1",
    "owasp-asvs-l2",
    "nist-sp-800-53-r5",
    "iso-27001-2022"
  ],
  "primary_citations_count": 13
}