Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Allowed-with-Review

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft

The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

2909 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

GHSA-6H39-QHJ9-7C95

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-07-11 18:31 – Updated: 2024-04-04 05:59
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Windows Clip Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-35362"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-362"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-07-11T18:15:19Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Windows Clip Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability",
  "id": "GHSA-6h39-qhj9-7c95",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T05:59:52Z",
  "published": "2023-07-11T18:31:27Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-35362"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-35362"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-6H76-2Q8F-58J3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 02:15 – Updated: 2022-05-01 02:15
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Details

Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly execute code by tricking a user into performing a drag-and-drop action from certain objects, such as file objects within a folder view, then predicting the drag action, and re-focusing to a malicious window.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2005-3240"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-362"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2005-12-31T05:00:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Race condition in Microsoft Internet Explorer allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly execute code by tricking a user into performing a drag-and-drop action from certain objects, such as file objects within a folder view, then predicting the drag action, and re-focusing to a malicious window.",
  "id": "GHSA-6h76-2q8f-58j3",
  "modified": "2022-05-01T02:15:53Z",
  "published": "2022-05-01T02:15:53Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3240"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24648"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/02/13/419439.aspx"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/18787"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1015049"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.osvdb.org/2707"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5MP0B0UHPA.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424863/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/424940/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16352"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0553"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}

GHSA-6HVC-J4M8-JP74

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-11-29 00:30 – Updated: 2025-04-14 18:31
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP). A missing lock when clearing sk_user_data can lead to a race condition and NULL pointer dereference. A local user could use this flaw to potentially crash the system causing a denial of service.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-4129"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-362",
      "CWE-667"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-11-28T22:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel\u0027s Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP). A missing lock when clearing sk_user_data can lead to a race condition and NULL pointer dereference. A local user could use this flaw to potentially crash the system causing a denial of service.",
  "id": "GHSA-6hvc-j4m8-jp74",
  "modified": "2025-04-14T18:31:41Z",
  "published": "2022-11-29T00:30:17Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4129"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00005.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7X5SPXMXXFANDASPCKER2JIQO2F3UHCP"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AM5KFIE6JNZXHBA5A2KYDZAT3MEX2B67"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JOKXNIM2R4FQCDRQV67UMAY6EBC72QFG"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7X5SPXMXXFANDASPCKER2JIQO2F3UHCP"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AM5KFIE6JNZXHBA5A2KYDZAT3MEX2B67"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JOKXNIM2R4FQCDRQV67UMAY6EBC72QFG"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221114191619.124659-1-jakub%40cloudflare.com/t"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221114191619.124659-1-jakub@cloudflare.com/t"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20221121085426.21315-1-jakub%40cloudflare.com/t"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20221121085426.21315-1-jakub@cloudflare.com/t"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-6HX5-3RJF-RM36

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-10 00:31 – Updated: 2026-07-10 00:31
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A Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') vulnerability in the packet forwarding engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).

As part of the stateful traffic processing on SRX Series devices flows are being established, and removed when not needed anymore. During the removal process the timeout of a flow should be set to 3 seconds and consequentially the flow should be removed shortly after. Due to a race condition occurring when setting the timeout there is a chance (the exact conditions are outside the attackers control) that the timeout is instead set to a very high value of larger than 10,000 seconds:

user@host> show security flow session | match timeout Session ID: 98784248524, Policy name: PROD-FLOW/4, HA State: Active, Timeout: 85250, Session State: Valid

This will lead to an accumulation of flows which can be observed by an ever-increasing value of invalidated sessions in the output of 'show security flow session summary':

user@host> show security flow session summary | match invalid Invalidated sessions: 216931These sessions can't be cleared manually with the 'clear security flow session' command, which will either lead to forwarding to stop (and the system needs to be manually recovered with a reboot) or to a flowd core and automatic reboot.

This issue affects Junos OS on SRX Series:

  • 24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S3,
  • 24.4 versions before 24.4R2-S1, 24.4R2-S2,
  • 25.2 versions before 25.2R1-S2, 25.2R2.

This issue does not affect releases earlier than 24.2R1;

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-57030"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-362"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-07-09T22:17:08Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "A Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (\u0027Race Condition\u0027) vulnerability in the packet forwarding engine (PFE) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS).\n\nAs part of the stateful traffic processing on SRX Series devices flows are being established, and removed when not needed anymore. During the removal process the timeout of a flow should be set to 3 seconds and consequentially the flow should be removed shortly after. Due to a race condition occurring when setting the timeout there is a chance (the exact conditions are outside the attackers control) that the timeout is instead set to a very high value of larger than 10,000 seconds:\n\n\n\nuser@host\u003e show security flow session | match timeout\nSession ID: 98784248524, Policy name: PROD-FLOW/4, HA State: Active, Timeout: 85250, Session State: Valid\n\nThis will lead to an accumulation of flows which can be observed by an ever-increasing value of invalidated sessions in the output of \u0027show security flow session summary\u0027:\n\nuser@host\u003e show security flow session summary | match invalid\nInvalidated sessions: 216931These sessions can\u0027t be cleared manually with the \u0027clear security flow session\u0027 command, which will either lead to forwarding to stop (and the system needs to be manually recovered with a reboot) or to a flowd core and automatic reboot.\n\n\nThis issue affects Junos OS on SRX Series:\n\n\n  *  24.2 versions before 24.2R2-S3,\n  *  24.4 versions before 24.4R2-S1, 24.4R2-S2,\n  *  25.2\u00a0versions\u00a0before 25.2R1-S2, 25.2R2.\n\n\n\n\nThis issue does not affect releases earlier than 24.2R1;",
  "id": "GHSA-6hx5-3rjf-rm36",
  "modified": "2026-07-10T00:31:26Z",
  "published": "2026-07-10T00:31:26Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57030"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://supportportal.juniper.net/JSA110090"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:U/V:X/RE:M/U:X",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-6J4C-93Q9-WRHQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:46 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:46
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A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Supplemental Update, macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Security Update 2021-002. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-1806"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-362"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-04-02T19:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Supplemental Update, macOS Mojave 10.14.6 Security Update 2021-002. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.",
  "id": "GHSA-6j4c-93q9-wrhq",
  "modified": "2022-05-24T17:46:23Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T17:46:23Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1806"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212177"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212327"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/54"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}

GHSA-6JCP-96PX-CH37

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-10-10 18:31 – Updated: 2024-04-04 08:32
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Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-41770"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-362"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-10-10T18:15:18Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability",
  "id": "GHSA-6jcp-96px-ch37",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T08:32:53Z",
  "published": "2023-10-10T18:31:35Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41770"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-41770"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-6JCQ-RCM5-X3Q7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-08 09:30 – Updated: 2025-12-08 09:30
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Multi-thread race condition vulnerability in the camera framework module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-66321"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-362"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-12-08T08:15:53Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Multi-thread race condition vulnerability in the camera framework module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.",
  "id": "GHSA-6jcq-rcm5-x3q7",
  "modified": "2025-12-08T09:30:18Z",
  "published": "2025-12-08T09:30:18Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-66321"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2025/12"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-6JFH-JRM6-9HM8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-08-01 15:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 06:28
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Race conditions in reference counting code were found through code inspection. These could have resulted in potentially exploitable use-after-free vulnerabilities. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 116, Firefox ESR < 102.14, and Firefox ESR < 115.1.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-4049"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-362"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-08-01T15:15:10Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Race conditions in reference counting code were found through code inspection. These could have resulted in potentially exploitable use-after-free vulnerabilities. This vulnerability affects Firefox \u003c 116, Firefox ESR \u003c 102.14, and Firefox ESR \u003c 115.1.",
  "id": "GHSA-6jfh-jrm6-9hm8",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T06:28:30Z",
  "published": "2023-08-01T15:30:31Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4049"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1842658"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00008.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00010.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5464"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5469"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-29"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-30"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-31"
    }
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  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-6M9F-MQW5-JC8M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-05 00:31 – Updated: 2026-06-05 03:31
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Details

Race in Codecs in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-10940"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-362"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-06-04T23:16:56Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Race in Codecs in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)",
  "id": "GHSA-6m9f-mqw5-jc8m",
  "modified": "2026-06-05T03:31:31Z",
  "published": "2026-06-05T00:31:39Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-10940"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://issues.chromium.org/issues/503879873"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-6M9J-QM9R-JRXM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 01:58 – Updated: 2022-05-17 01:58
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Details

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a race condition exists in an IOCTL handler potentially leading to an integer overflow and then an out-of-bounds write.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-8267"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-190",
      "CWE-362"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-08-18T18:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a race condition exists in an IOCTL handler potentially leading to an integer overflow and then an out-of-bounds write.",
  "id": "GHSA-6m9j-qm9r-jrxm",
  "modified": "2022-05-17T01:58:44Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T01:58:44Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8267"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-07-01"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99465"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

Mitigation
Architecture and Design

In languages that support it, use synchronization primitives. Only wrap these around critical code to minimize the impact on performance.

Mitigation
Architecture and Design

Use thread-safe capabilities such as the data access abstraction in Spring.

Mitigation
Architecture and Design
  • Minimize the usage of shared resources in order to remove as much complexity as possible from the control flow and to reduce the likelihood of unexpected conditions occurring.
  • Additionally, this will minimize the amount of synchronization necessary and may even help to reduce the likelihood of a denial of service where an attacker may be able to repeatedly trigger a critical section (CWE-400).
Mitigation
Implementation

When using multithreading and operating on shared variables, only use thread-safe functions.

Mitigation
Implementation

Use atomic operations on shared variables. Be wary of innocent-looking constructs such as "x++". This may appear atomic at the code layer, but it is actually non-atomic at the instruction layer, since it involves a read, followed by a computation, followed by a write.

Mitigation
Implementation

Use a mutex if available, but be sure to avoid related weaknesses such as CWE-412.

Mitigation
Implementation

Avoid double-checked locking (CWE-609) and other implementation errors that arise when trying to avoid the overhead of synchronization.

Mitigation
Implementation

Disable interrupts or signals over critical parts of the code, but also make sure that the code does not go into a large or infinite loop.

Mitigation
Implementation

Use the volatile type modifier for critical variables to avoid unexpected compiler optimization or reordering. This does not necessarily solve the synchronization problem, but it can help.

Mitigation MIT-17
Architecture and Design Operation

Strategy: Environment Hardening

Run your code using the lowest privileges that are required to accomplish the necessary tasks [REF-76]. If possible, create isolated accounts with limited privileges that are only used for a single task. That way, a successful attack will not immediately give the attacker access to the rest of the software or its environment. For example, database applications rarely need to run as the database administrator, especially in day-to-day operations.

CAPEC-26: Leveraging Race Conditions

The adversary targets a race condition occurring when multiple processes access and manipulate the same resource concurrently, and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place. The adversary can leverage a race condition by "running the race", modifying the resource and modifying the normal execution flow. For instance, a race condition can occur while accessing a file: the adversary can trick the system by replacing the original file with their version and cause the system to read the malicious file.

CAPEC-29: Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions

This attack targets a race condition occurring between the time of check (state) for a resource and the time of use of a resource. A typical example is file access. The adversary can leverage a file access race condition by "running the race", meaning that they would modify the resource between the first time the target program accesses the file and the time the target program uses the file. During that period of time, the adversary could replace or modify the file, causing the application to behave unexpectedly.