CWE-754
Allowed-with-ReviewImproper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
Abstraction: Class · Status: Incomplete
The product does not check or incorrectly checks for unusual or exceptional conditions that are not expected to occur frequently during day to day operation of the product.
954 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
CVE-2026-20769 (GCVE-0-2026-20769)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-11 16:26 – Updated: 2026-08-12 15:45- Denial of Service
- CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Intel(R) NPU Driver |
Affected:
all versions
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CVE-2026-20754 (GCVE-0-2026-20754)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-12 16:34 – Updated: 2026-05-12 17:07- Denial of Service
- CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
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| n/a | Intel(R) NPU Drivers |
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CVE-2026-20747 (GCVE-0-2026-20747)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-11 16:25 – Updated: 2026-08-12 15:49- Denial of Service
- CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
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| n/a | Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software |
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CVE-2026-20739 (GCVE-0-2026-20739)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-11 16:25 – Updated: 2026-08-12 19:15- Denial of Service
- CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
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CVE-2026-20719 (GCVE-0-2026-20719)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-25 16:30 – Updated: 2026-03-26 17:11- CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://mattermost.com/security-updates | vendor-advisory |
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| Mattermost | Mattermost |
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Affected: 11.3.0 , ≤ 11.3.1 (semver) Affected: 11.2.0 , ≤ 11.2.3 (semver) Affected: 10.11.0 , ≤ 10.11.11 (semver) Unaffected: 11.5.0 Unaffected: 11.4.1 Unaffected: 11.3.2 Unaffected: 11.2.4 Unaffected: 10.11.12 |
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CVE-2026-20486 (GCVE-0-2026-20486)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-03 02:05 – Updated: 2026-08-05 13:36- CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MediaTek, Inc. | MediaTek chipset |
Affected:
MT2718
Affected: MT6878 Affected: MT6895 Affected: MT6991 Affected: MT6993 Affected: MT8370 Affected: MT8390 Affected: MT8395 Affected: MT8678 Affected: MT8799 Affected: MT8910 |
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CVE-2026-20419 (GCVE-0-2026-20419)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-02 08:16 – Updated: 2026-03-30 13:03- CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
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CVE-2026-19481 (GCVE-0-2026-19481)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-13 08:31 – Updated: 2026-08-13 14:25- CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
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CVE-2026-18852 (GCVE-0-2026-18852)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-04 23:15 – Updated: 2026-08-05 14:28- CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual Conditions
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CVE-2026-11970 (GCVE-0-2026-11970)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-13 09:47 – Updated: 2026-08-13 14:41- CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
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Mitigation MIT-3
Strategy: Language Selection
- Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
- Choose languages with features such as exception handling that force the programmer to anticipate unusual conditions that may generate exceptions. Custom exceptions may need to be developed to handle unusual business-logic conditions. Be careful not to pass sensitive exceptions back to the user (CWE-209, CWE-248).
Mitigation
Check the results of all functions that return a value and verify that the value is expected.
Mitigation
If using exception handling, catch and throw specific exceptions instead of overly-general exceptions (CWE-396, CWE-397). Catch and handle exceptions as locally as possible so that exceptions do not propagate too far up the call stack (CWE-705). Avoid unchecked or uncaught exceptions where feasible (CWE-248).
Mitigation MIT-39
- Ensure that error messages only contain minimal details that are useful to the intended audience and no one else. The messages need to strike the balance between being too cryptic (which can confuse users) or being too detailed (which may reveal more than intended). The messages should not reveal the methods that were used to determine the error. Attackers can use detailed information to refine or optimize their original attack, thereby increasing their chances of success.
- If errors must be captured in some detail, record them in log messages, but consider what could occur if the log messages can be viewed by attackers. Highly sensitive information such as passwords should never be saved to log files.
- Avoid inconsistent messaging that might accidentally tip off an attacker about internal state, such as whether a user account exists or not.
- Exposing additional information to a potential attacker in the context of an exceptional condition can help the attacker determine what attack vectors are most likely to succeed beyond DoS.
Mitigation MIT-5
Strategy: Input Validation
- Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
- When performing input validation, consider all potentially relevant properties, including length, type of input, the full range of acceptable values, missing or extra inputs, syntax, consistency across related fields, and conformance to business rules. As an example of business rule logic, "boat" may be syntactically valid because it only contains alphanumeric characters, but it is not valid if the input is only expected to contain colors such as "red" or "blue."
- Do not rely exclusively on looking for malicious or malformed inputs. This is likely to miss at least one undesirable input, especially if the code's environment changes. This can give attackers enough room to bypass the intended validation. However, denylists can be useful for detecting potential attacks or determining which inputs are so malformed that they should be rejected outright.
Mitigation MIT-38
If the program must fail, ensure that it fails gracefully (fails closed). There may be a temptation to simply let the program fail poorly in cases such as low memory conditions, but an attacker may be able to assert control before the software has fully exited. Alternately, an uncontrolled failure could cause cascading problems with other downstream components; for example, the program could send a signal to a downstream process so the process immediately knows that a problem has occurred and has a better chance of recovery.
Mitigation
Use system limits, which should help to prevent resource exhaustion. However, the product should still handle low resource conditions since they may still occur.
No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.