diff --git a/src/modules/security/index.ts b/src/modules/security/index.ts
index e98d528fbe7..56d6623ed13 100644
--- a/src/modules/security/index.ts
+++ b/src/modules/security/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ export class Security {
 
   /**
    * Generates a random CVE between the given boundaries.
+   * Based on:
+   * https://www.cve.org/
    *
    * @param options The options to use. Defaults to `{}`.
    * @param options.from The early date boundary. Defaults to `1999-01-01T00:00:00.000Z`.
@@ -48,17 +50,19 @@ export class Security {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Generates a random CWE
+   * Generates a random CWE (Common Weakness Enumeration) identifier.
+   * Based on:
+   * https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html
    *
    * @example
    * faker.security.cwe() // 'CWE-####'
    */
   cwe(): string {
-    return ['CWE', this.faker.random.numeric(4)].join('-');
+    return ['CWE', this.faker.datatype.number({ min: 0, max: 1388 })].join('-');
   }
 
   /**
-   * Generates a random CVSS return
+   * Generates a random CVSS.
    * Based on:
    * https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1
    *
diff --git a/test/__snapshots__/security.spec.ts.snap b/test/__snapshots__/security.spec.ts.snap
index d7b727847c2..f8c672a7148 100644
--- a/test/__snapshots__/security.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/test/__snapshots__/security.spec.ts.snap
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 exports[`security > seed: 42 > cve() 1`] = `"CVE-2007-79177"`;
 
-exports[`security > seed: 42 > cwe() 1`] = `"CWE-4791"`;
+exports[`security > seed: 42 > cwe() 1`] = `"CWE-520"`;
 
 exports[`security > seed: 1211 > cve() 1`] = `"CVE-2020-48721"`;
 
-exports[`security > seed: 1211 > cwe() 1`] = `"CWE-9487"`;
+exports[`security > seed: 1211 > cwe() 1`] = `"CWE-1289"`;
 
 exports[`security > seed: 1337 > cve() 1`] = `"CVE-2005-51225"`;
 
-exports[`security > seed: 1337 > cwe() 1`] = `"CWE-3512"`;
+exports[`security > seed: 1337 > cwe() 1`] = `"CWE-363"`;
diff --git a/test/security.spec.ts b/test/security.spec.ts
index 42547884a89..b6c126791bf 100644
--- a/test/security.spec.ts
+++ b/test/security.spec.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe('security', () => {
 
       describe('cwe()', () => {
         it('should return a well formed string', () => {
-          expect(faker.security.cwe()).toMatch(/^CWE-[0-9]{4}/);
+          expect(faker.security.cwe()).toMatch(/^CWE-([0-9]+)$/);
         });
       });