OWASP Top 10 (2025 Edition)

Securing the Web — What's New, What's Changed, What Still Haunts Us

UpdatedMay 27, 2026

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Security operation centre analyst | Vulnerability management and penetration testing (VAPT) | Qualys Compliance | Cloud security

Introduction

If you read my earlier post on the OWASP Top 10 (2021), you'll remember I ended it with a section on what changes were expected in the 2025 edition. Well — it's here. And it's more significant than a simple reshuffle.

The OWASP Top 10:2025 was officially released in November 2025 at the Global AppSec USA event. This is only the second update since 2021, and it reflects four years of real-world data, industry survey responses, and a changing threat landscape shaped by cloud-native architectures, software supply chains, and AI-integrated applications.

Two categories are brand new. Three have moved significantly. One familiar name — SSRF — has been absorbed into a broader category. And the list has shifted from a purely vulnerability-centric view toward a risk-resilience model.

Here is everything that changed, explained the way I wish someone had explained it to me — with real breaches, real examples, and honest prevention advice.