A06:2025: Insecure Design
Lack of threat modeling, missing security requirements, fundamentally insecure architecture.
How it's found
Identified through threat modeling of the attack surface and authentication flows, flagging missing security requirements that automated tooling alone cannot catch.
Standards mapping
- References
- https://owasp.org/Top10/2025/
Where this fits in a TurboPentest engagement
TurboPentest's agentic pentest is powerful and covers a broad range of issues automatically. This particular class is best confirmed in a manual IntegSec engagement, where human pentesters apply deeper methodology and a larger context window than any automated pass.
Frequently asked questions
What is A06:2025 Insecure Design?
Lack of threat modeling, missing security requirements, fundamentally insecure architecture.
How do you find Insecure Design?
Identified through threat modeling of the attack surface and authentication flows, flagging missing security requirements that automated tooling alone cannot catch.
Which CWEs map to A06:2025?
A06:2025 maps to CWE-657, CWE-841, CWE-434.
Does TurboPentest test for Insecure Design?
TurboPentest's agentic pentest is powerful and covers a broad range of issues automatically. This particular class is best confirmed in a manual IntegSec engagement, where human pentesters apply deeper methodology and a larger context window than any automated pass.
Related OWASP categories
- OWASP Top 10 (Web)A01:2025: Broken Access Control
- OWASP Top 10 (Web)A02:2025: Security Misconfiguration
- OWASP Top 10 (Web)A03:2025: Software Supply Chain Failures
- OWASP Top 10 (Web)A04:2025: Cryptographic Failures
- OWASP Top 10 (Web)A05:2025: Injection
- OWASP Top 10 (Web)A07:2025: Identification and Authentication Failures
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