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.

2907 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

GHSA-597G-3PHW-6986

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-13 18:45 – Updated: 2026-01-13 18:45
VLAI
Summary
virtualenv Has TOCTOU Vulnerabilities in Directory Creation
Details

Impact

TOCTOU (Time-of-Check-Time-of-Use) vulnerabilities in virtualenv allow local attackers to perform symlink-based attacks on directory creation operations. An attacker with local access can exploit a race condition between directory existence checks and creation to redirect virtualenv's app_data and lock file operations to attacker-controlled locations.

Affected versions: All versions up to and including 20.36.1

Affected users: Any user running virtualenv on multi-user systems where untrusted local users have filesystem access to shared temporary directories or where VIRTUALENV_OVERRIDE_APP_DATA points to a user-writable location.

Attack scenarios: - Cache poisoning: Attacker corrupts wheels or Python metadata in the cache - Information disclosure: Attacker reads sensitive cached data or metadata - Lock bypass: Attacker controls lock file semantics to cause concurrent access violations - Denial of service: Lock starvation preventing virtualenv operations

Patches

The vulnerability has been patched by replacing check-then-act patterns with atomic os.makedirs(..., exist_ok=True) operations.

Fixed in: PR #3013

Versions with the fix: 20.36.2 and later

Users should upgrade to version 20.36.2 or later.

Workarounds

If you cannot upgrade immediately:

  1. Ensure VIRTUALENV_OVERRIDE_APP_DATA points to a directory owned by the current user with restricted permissions (mode 0700)
  2. Avoid running virtualenv in shared temporary directories where other users have write access
  3. Use separate user accounts for different projects to isolate app_data directories

References

  • GitHub PR: https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/pull/3013
  • Vulnerability reported by: @tsigouris007
  • CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (TOCTOU)
  • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
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    "nvd_published_at": "2026-01-10T07:16:02Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "## Impact\n\nTOCTOU (Time-of-Check-Time-of-Use) vulnerabilities in `virtualenv` allow local attackers to perform symlink-based attacks on directory creation operations. An attacker with local access can exploit a race condition between directory existence checks and creation to redirect virtualenv\u0027s app_data and lock file operations to attacker-controlled locations.\n\n**Affected versions:** All versions up to and including 20.36.1\n\n**Affected users:** Any user running `virtualenv` on multi-user systems where untrusted local users have filesystem access to shared temporary directories or where `VIRTUALENV_OVERRIDE_APP_DATA` points to a user-writable location.\n\n**Attack scenarios:**\n- Cache poisoning: Attacker corrupts wheels or Python metadata in the cache\n- Information disclosure: Attacker reads sensitive cached data or metadata\n- Lock bypass: Attacker controls lock file semantics to cause concurrent access violations\n- Denial of service: Lock starvation preventing virtualenv operations\n\n## Patches\n\nThe vulnerability has been patched by replacing check-then-act patterns with atomic `os.makedirs(..., exist_ok=True)` operations.\n\n**Fixed in:** PR #3013\n\n**Versions with the fix:** 20.36.2 and later\n\nUsers should upgrade to version 20.36.2 or later.\n\n## Workarounds\n\nIf you cannot upgrade immediately:\n\n1. Ensure `VIRTUALENV_OVERRIDE_APP_DATA` points to a directory owned by the current user with restricted permissions (mode 0700)\n2. Avoid running `virtualenv` in shared temporary directories where other users have write access\n3. Use separate user accounts for different projects to isolate app_data directories\n\n## References\n\n- GitHub PR: https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/pull/3013\n- Vulnerability reported by: @tsigouris007\n- CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (TOCTOU)\n- CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/pull/3013"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/dec4cec5d16edaf83a00a658f32d1e032661cebc"
    },
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  "summary": "virtualenv Has TOCTOU Vulnerabilities in Directory Creation"
}

GHSA-598C-CC55-MWV5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-16 00:32 – Updated: 2024-08-16 18:30
VLAI
Details

In multiple functions of TranscodingResourcePolicy.cpp, there is a possible memory corruption due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

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    "nvd_published_at": "2024-08-15T22:15:06Z",
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  "id": "GHSA-598c-cc55-mwv5",
  "modified": "2024-08-16T18:30:57Z",
  "published": "2024-08-16T00:32:05Z",
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    },
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  ]
}

GHSA-59GP-6QVH-C3PG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-01 17:41 – Updated: 2022-05-01 17:41
VLAI
Details

Race condition in the msxml3 module in Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0, as used in Internet Explorer 6 and other applications, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via many nested tags in an XML document in an IFRAME, when synchronous document rendering is frequently disrupted with asynchronous events, as demonstrated using a JavaScript timer, which can trigger NULL pointer dereferences or memory corruption, aka "MSXML Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

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  "id": "GHSA-59gp-6qvh-c3pg",
  "modified": "2022-05-01T17:41:40Z",
  "published": "2022-05-01T17:41:40Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0099"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-069"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5793"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-01/0113.html"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=122703006921213\u0026w=2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://osvdb.org/32627"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Jan/0110.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/23655"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1021164"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455965/100/0/threaded"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455986/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456343/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21872"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-316A.html"
    },
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      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3111"
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GHSA-59GR-VJCR-M2P7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:20 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:42
VLAI
Details

Race condition in the ioctl implementation in the Samsung Graphics 2D driver (aka /dev/fimg2d) in Samsung devices with Android L(5.0/5.1) allows local users to trigger memory errors by leveraging definition of g2d_lock and g2d_unlock lock macros as no-ops, aka SVE-2015-4598.

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    "CVE-2015-7891"
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    "nvd_published_at": "2017-08-02T19:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Race condition in the ioctl implementation in the Samsung Graphics 2D driver (aka /dev/fimg2d) in Samsung devices with Android L(5.0/5.1) allows local users to trigger memory errors by leveraging definition of g2d_lock and g2d_unlock lock macros as no-ops, aka SVE-2015-4598.",
  "id": "GHSA-59gr-vjcr-m2p7",
  "modified": "2025-04-20T03:42:00Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T02:20:10Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7891"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=492"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38557"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134107/Samsung-Fimg2d-FIMG2D_BITBLT_BLIT-Ioctl-Concurrency-Flaw.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-OCT-2015"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77335"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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  ]
}

GHSA-59PX-4P89-V94G

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-02-13 00:33 – Updated: 2025-02-13 00:33
VLAI
Details

Race condition in some Intel(R) System Security Report and System Resources Defense firmware may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

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    "CVE-2023-49603"
  ],
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    "nvd_published_at": "2025-02-12T22:15:30Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Race condition in some Intel(R) System Security Report and System Resources Defense firmware may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.",
  "id": "GHSA-59px-4p89-v94g",
  "modified": "2025-02-13T00:33:04Z",
  "published": "2025-02-13T00:33:04Z",
  "references": [
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01203.html"
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/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:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
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GHSA-5C55-3JWG-4FC5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-11 21:31 – Updated: 2026-05-12 15:31
VLAI
Details

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9, iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, macOS Sequoia 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5, visionOS 26.5. An app may be able to access sensitive user data.

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    "severity": "MODERATE"
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  "id": "GHSA-5c55-3jwg-4fc5",
  "modified": "2026-05-12T15:31:35Z",
  "published": "2026-05-11T21:31:40Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43659"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/127110"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/127111"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/127115"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/127116"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/127117"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/127120"
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GHSA-5C74-RW46-PR2C

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-06-19 15:30 – Updated: 2025-09-29 18:33
VLAI
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

io-wq: check for wq exit after adding new worker task_work

We check IO_WQ_BIT_EXIT before attempting to create a new worker, and wq exit cancels pending work if we have any. But it's possible to have a race between the two, where creation checks exit finding it not set, but we're in the process of exiting. The exit side will cancel pending creation task_work, but there's a gap where we add task_work after we've canceled existing creations at exit time.

Fix this by checking the EXIT bit post adding the creation task_work. If it's set, run the same cancelation that exit does.

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    "nvd_published_at": "2024-06-19T15:15:52Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nio-wq: check for wq exit after adding new worker task_work\n\nWe check IO_WQ_BIT_EXIT before attempting to create a new worker, and\nwq exit cancels pending work if we have any. But it\u0027s possible to have\na race between the two, where creation checks exit finding it not set,\nbut we\u0027re in the process of exiting. The exit side will cancel pending\ncreation task_work, but there\u0027s a gap where we add task_work after we\u0027ve\ncanceled existing creations at exit time.\n\nFix this by checking the EXIT bit post adding the creation task_work.\nIf it\u0027s set, run the same cancelation that exit does.",
  "id": "GHSA-5c74-rw46-pr2c",
  "modified": "2025-09-29T18:33:08Z",
  "published": "2024-06-19T15:30:54Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47577"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b4e5bbf9386d4ec21d91c0cb0fd60b9bba778ec"
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      "type": "WEB",
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  ]
}

GHSA-5C97-RVP5-W97Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-01-03 00:30 – Updated: 2023-01-09 21:30
VLAI
Details

Use after free in Exosphere in Google Chrome on Chrome OS and Lacros prior to 104.0.5112.79 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI interactions to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted UI interactions. (Chrome security severity: High)

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  "details": "Use after free in Exosphere in Google Chrome on Chrome OS and Lacros prior to 104.0.5112.79 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI interactions to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted UI interactions. (Chrome security severity: High)",
  "id": "GHSA-5c97-rvp5-w97q",
  "modified": "2023-01-09T21:30:22Z",
  "published": "2023-01-03T00:30:43Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2742"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://crbug.com/1319172"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-5CCJ-FFCF-CP67

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:13 – Updated: 2022-05-14 03:13
VLAI
Details

A race condition in drm_atomic_nonblocking_commit() in the display driver can potentially lead to a Use After Free scenario in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.

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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-06-06T21:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "A race condition in drm_atomic_nonblocking_commit() in the display driver can potentially lead to a Use After Free scenario in all Android releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.",
  "id": "GHSA-5ccj-ffcf-cp67",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T03:13:54Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:13:54Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5845"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-05-01"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/05/11/may-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin-2"
    }
  ],
  "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"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-5CH2-QVR7-76CH

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-11-15 15:30 – Updated: 2025-11-04 00:30
VLAI
Details

In Eclipse OpenJ9 before version 0.41.0, the JVM can be forced into an infinite busy hang on a spinlock or a segmentation fault if a shutdown signal (SIGTERM, SIGINT or SIGHUP) is received before the JVM has finished initializing.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-5676"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-362",
      "CWE-364"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-11-15T14:15:07Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In Eclipse OpenJ9 before version 0.41.0, the JVM can be forced into an infinite busy hang on a spinlock or a segmentation fault if a shutdown signal (SIGTERM, SIGINT or SIGHUP) is received before the JVM has finished initializing.",
  "id": "GHSA-5ch2-qvr7-76ch",
  "modified": "2025-11-04T00:30:41Z",
  "published": "2023-11-15T15:30:21Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5676"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9/pull/18085"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/13"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241108-0002"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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.