# Attribution correction: a commitment quoted in Issue No. 45 comes from a directive's implementation guidance, not from the directive

- **Artifact ID:** CHQ-CORR-2026-026
- **Status:** IN FORCE
- **Public record:** https://record.cybersecurityhq.com/corrections/chq-corr-2026-026
- **Machine-record SHA-256:** `4ffdb6d8d925484ce77bd45933248f3446d13f6b501381f728ef297b09f42b2d`

## Complete structured record

```json
{
  "id": "CHQ-CORR-2026-026",
  "class": "CORRECTION",
  "subtype": "editorial",
  "status": "IN FORCE",
  "authority": "DM ratified 2026-11-12",
  "effective": "2026-11-12",
  "published": "2026-11-12",
  "title": "Attribution correction: a commitment quoted in Issue No. 45 comes from a directive's implementation guidance, not from the directive",
  "what_was_wrong": "Draft text of Issue No. 45 attributed to a federal directive a commitment that the agency will always provide enrichment data for an identifier listed in its exploited catalog. CHQ had not read the directive first hand. The sentence came from the directive's implementation guidance, read on 31 October through a text-extraction route with no copy kept.",
  "what_is_true": "The sentence is in the implementation guidance, on a page that states it was updated on 25 August 2026. On 3 November the page was retrieved by a route outside the collection environment and its main content retained; the sentence appears there as CHQ had recorded it.",
  "what_changed": "Both editions of Issue No. 45 attribute the sentence to the implementation guidance, and the retained copy is cited.",
  "what_did_not_change": "No count, rating, Outlook or Watch. The issue's finding rests on retained responses from the enrichment source and is unaffected.",
  "control_analysis": "The attribution was carried from an analysis note into issue text without a check of which document held the sentence. A factual consistency review before send caught it. Retention at the time of reading would have prevented the gap.",
  "found_by": "An external review of the draft issue."
}
```