CWE-367
AllowedTime-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Abstraction: Base · Status: Incomplete
The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check.
1070 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-38Q7-2QQC-FVVR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-05-09 21:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 03:58Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) in the BIOS2PSP command may allow an attacker with a malicious BIOS to create a race condition causing the ASP bootloader to perform out-of-bounds SRAM reads upon an S3 resume event potentially leading to a denial of service.
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"modified": "2024-04-04T03:58:03Z",
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GHSA-392P-2Q2V-4372
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-07 20:55 – Updated: 2026-07-07 20:55Am I affected?
Users are affected if all of the following are true:
- Their project depends on
@better-auth/oauth-providerat a version>= 1.6.0, < 1.6.11, or uses the embedded plugin inbetter-auth >= 1.4.8-beta.7, < 1.6.0. - At least one OAuth client served by their application's authorization server requests the
offline_accessscope, so refresh tokens are minted. - Concurrent redemption of the same refresh token is reachable: an SPA shares one refresh token across browser tabs without a mutex, a mobile client retries after a transient failure, an attacker who has stolen a refresh token times two requests, or a service worker queues offline requests.
If developer applications do not request offline_access for any client, no refresh tokens are minted and they are not exposed.
Fix:
- Upgrade to
@better-auth/oauth-provider@1.6.11or later. - If developers cannot upgrade, see workarounds below.
Summary
The OAuth provider's POST /oauth2/token endpoint, on the refresh_token grant, performs a non-atomic read / validate / revoke / mint sequence on the oauthRefreshToken row. Two concurrent requests presenting the same parent refresh token both pass the revocation check before either revoke completes, so each mints a fresh refresh token. The replay-detection branch only fires when revoked is already truthy at read time, which is exactly the state concurrent attackers race past. The result is a forked refresh-token family from a single parent token.
Details
The adapter.update predicate on the parent row is keyed on id only; it does not include revoked IS NULL, so two concurrent updates both succeed (last-write-wins, no error path). The schema does not declare unique on oauthRefreshToken.token, so concurrent creates do not collide on a unique-key violation either.
RFC 9700 §4.14 (OAuth Security Best Current Practice) prescribes refresh-token family invalidation on detected reuse; this implementation tries to enforce that contract through the revoked check, but the check is not atomic with the consumption step. Token rotation issues a new refresh token with each call, so a single stolen refresh token grants indefinite access until the row is revoked or its refreshTokenExpiresAt (default 7 days) passes. Rotation refreshes that window each call.
The fix lands an atomic compare-and-swap on the parent row inside the rotation primitive (UPDATE ... WHERE id = ? AND revoked IS NULL with a rowcount check), so the losing rotation fails closed with invalid_grant and the parent row stays marked revoked. Subsequent replay of the original refresh token then trips the existing family-invalidation guard. The schema gains a unique constraint on oauthRefreshToken.token for parity with oauthAccessToken.token.
Patches
Fixed in @better-auth/oauth-provider@1.6.11. The refresh-token rotation primitive now performs an atomic compare-and-swap on the parent row, and the explicit revokeRefreshToken path uses the same CAS. On a contested rotation, exactly one caller wins and mints a fresh refresh token; the loser receives invalid_grant. Subsequent replay of the original refresh token trips the existing family-invalidation guard because the parent row stays marked revoked.
@better-auth/memory-adapter@1.6.11 ships a compatibility fix in the same wave: the in-memory where clause now treats undefined and null as equivalent under an eq null predicate, mirroring SQL IS NULL and Mongo's missing-or-null semantics. Without this change, the CAS predicate WHERE revoked IS NULL falls through on every call against a row whose optional revoked field is absent (the adapter factory's transformInput skips writing undefined when no default exists), so the rotation above is broken for any deployment using the in-memory adapter.
Strict refresh-token family invalidation on a contested rotation, per RFC 9700 §4.14 (which calls for invalidating the winner's tokens too when reuse is detected at rotation time), is deferred to a follow-up minor on the next channel. Closing it cleanly requires an opt-in transactional rotation in the adapter contract so the family-delete cannot interleave with the winner's in-flight access-token insert. The deferred site carries a FIXME(strict-family-invalidation) marker.
Schema-migration note: the better-auth migration generator only emits UNIQUE for newly-created columns. Existing installs will not pick up the new oauthRefreshToken.token unique constraint from migrate / generate; add it manually if an application's operational tooling depends on it (CREATE UNIQUE INDEX oauth_refresh_token_token_uniq ON "oauthRefreshToken" (token);). The CAS fix above does not depend on the database-level constraint to be correct; the constraint is defense-in-depth so collisions from a buggy custom generateRefreshToken callback fail loudly.
Workarounds
None of these close the bug fully without a code patch.
- Adapter-level: configure the database adapter to run the OAuth refresh handler under serializable isolation, or wrap the
adapter.updateonoauthRefreshTokenwith a row-level pessimistic lock (SELECT ... FOR UPDATE). Narrows the window without closing it. - Token lifetime: pass
oauthProvider({ refreshTokenExpiresIn: 60 })to expire forked families within one minute. Trades attacker persistence for shorter user sessions. - Client-side single-flight: serialize refresh-token usage in the client SDK with a mutex. Mitigates honest concurrency but does nothing against an attacker with a stolen refresh token.
- Disable refresh tokens: do not request the
offline_accessscope. Closes the surface but breaks long-lived sessions.
Impact
- Indefinite access from a single stolen refresh token: forked refresh-token families grant access at the original user's authorization scope, surviving past any single revocation if an attacker holds any branch.
- Detection bypass: legitimate users whose refresh token has been forked do not trip family invalidation when they refresh, because the attacker's branch already swapped the parent row out from under the legitimate user's check.
Credit
Reported by @chdanielmueller.
Resources
- CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)
- CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
- CWE-294: Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay
- CWE-613: Insufficient Session Expiration
- RFC 9700 §4.14: Refresh Token Protection
- RFC 6749 §6: Refreshing an Access Token
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"details": "### Am I affected?\n\nUsers are affected if all of the following are true:\n\n- Their project depends on `@better-auth/oauth-provider` at a version `\u003e= 1.6.0, \u003c 1.6.11`, or uses the embedded plugin in `better-auth \u003e= 1.4.8-beta.7, \u003c 1.6.0`.\n- At least one OAuth client served by their application\u0027s authorization server requests the `offline_access` scope, so refresh tokens are minted.\n- Concurrent redemption of the same refresh token is reachable: an SPA shares one refresh token across browser tabs without a mutex, a mobile client retries after a transient failure, an attacker who has stolen a refresh token times two requests, or a service worker queues offline requests.\n\nIf developer applications do not request `offline_access` for any client, no refresh tokens are minted and they are not exposed.\n\nFix:\n\n1. Upgrade to `@better-auth/oauth-provider@1.6.11` or later.\n2. 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The schema does not declare `unique` on `oauthRefreshToken.token`, so concurrent creates do not collide on a unique-key violation either.\n\nRFC 9700 \u00a74.14 (OAuth Security Best Current Practice) prescribes refresh-token family invalidation on detected reuse; this implementation tries to enforce that contract through the `revoked` check, but the check is not atomic with the consumption step. Token rotation issues a new refresh token with each call, so a single stolen refresh token grants indefinite access until the row is revoked or its `refreshTokenExpiresAt` (default 7 days) passes. Rotation refreshes that window each call.\n\nThe fix lands an atomic compare-and-swap on the parent row inside the rotation primitive (`UPDATE ... WHERE id = ? AND revoked IS NULL` with a rowcount check), so the losing rotation fails closed with `invalid_grant` and the parent row stays marked revoked. Subsequent replay of the original refresh token then trips the existing family-invalidation guard. The schema gains a unique constraint on `oauthRefreshToken.token` for parity with `oauthAccessToken.token`.\n\n### Patches\n\nFixed in `@better-auth/oauth-provider@1.6.11`. The refresh-token rotation primitive now performs an atomic compare-and-swap on the parent row, and the explicit `revokeRefreshToken` path uses the same CAS. On a contested rotation, exactly one caller wins and mints a fresh refresh token; the loser receives `invalid_grant`. Subsequent replay of the original refresh token trips the existing family-invalidation guard because the parent row stays marked revoked.\n\n`@better-auth/memory-adapter@1.6.11` ships a compatibility fix in the same wave: the in-memory `where` clause now treats `undefined` and `null` as equivalent under an `eq null` predicate, mirroring SQL `IS NULL` and Mongo\u0027s missing-or-null semantics. Without this change, the CAS predicate `WHERE revoked IS NULL` falls through on every call against a row whose optional `revoked` field is absent (the adapter factory\u0027s `transformInput` skips writing `undefined` when no default exists), so the rotation above is broken for any deployment using the in-memory adapter.\n\nStrict refresh-token family invalidation on a contested rotation, per RFC 9700 \u00a74.14 (which calls for invalidating the winner\u0027s tokens too when reuse is detected at rotation time), is deferred to a follow-up minor on the `next` channel. Closing it cleanly requires an opt-in transactional rotation in the adapter contract so the family-delete cannot interleave with the winner\u0027s in-flight access-token insert. The deferred site carries a `FIXME(strict-family-invalidation)` marker.\n\nSchema-migration note: the better-auth migration generator only emits `UNIQUE` for newly-created columns. Existing installs will not pick up the new `oauthRefreshToken.token` unique constraint from `migrate` / `generate`; add it manually if an application\u0027s operational tooling depends on it (`CREATE UNIQUE INDEX oauth_refresh_token_token_uniq ON \"oauthRefreshToken\" (token);`). The CAS fix above does not depend on the database-level constraint to be correct; the constraint is defense-in-depth so collisions from a buggy custom `generateRefreshToken` callback fail loudly.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nNone of these close the bug fully without a code patch.\n\n- **Adapter-level**: configure the database adapter to run the OAuth refresh handler under serializable isolation, or wrap the `adapter.update` on `oauthRefreshToken` with a row-level pessimistic lock (`SELECT ... FOR UPDATE`). Narrows the window without closing it.\n- **Token lifetime**: pass `oauthProvider({ refreshTokenExpiresIn: 60 })` to expire forked families within one minute. Trades attacker persistence for shorter user sessions.\n- **Client-side single-flight**: serialize refresh-token usage in the client SDK with a mutex. Mitigates honest concurrency but does nothing against an attacker with a stolen refresh token.\n- **Disable refresh tokens**: do not request the `offline_access` scope. 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GHSA-39HH-F7R8-595F
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:42 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:48Device Guard in Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and 1709, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an attacker to make an unsigned file appear to be signed, due to a security feature bypass, aka "Device Guard Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability".
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GHSA-39P9-VQPX-2VP6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-13 21:30 – Updated: 2024-11-13 21:30Time-of-check Time-of-use Race Condition in some Intel(R) processors with Intel(R) ACTM may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
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GHSA-3C6G-7V4G-5XCM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-08 15:31 – Updated: 2024-08-08 15:31Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition in pg_dump in PostgreSQL allows an object creator to execute arbitrary SQL functions as the user running pg_dump, which is often a superuser. The attack involves replacing another relation type with a view or foreign table. The attack requires waiting for pg_dump to start, but winning the race condition is trivial if the attacker retains an open transaction. Versions before PostgreSQL 16.4, 15.8, 14.13, 13.16, and 12.20 are affected.
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GHSA-3CVR-9V2W-RHHQ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:32 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:32This issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.6. A local user may be able to load unsigned kernel extensions.
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GHSA-3F72-RQQJ-2FM8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-11-23 03:30 – Updated: 2022-11-27 06:30An Arm product family through 2022-06-29 has a TOCTOU Race Condition that allows non-privileged user to make improper GPU processing operations to gain access to already freed memory.
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"modified": "2022-11-27T06:30:23Z",
"published": "2022-11-23T03:30:22Z",
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GHSA-3G2W-RHVJ-J46G
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-10-27 21:30 – Updated: 2023-11-07 21:30A Time of Check Time of Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability was reported in the Lenovo Vantage SystemUpdate Plugin version 2.0.0.212 and earlier that could allow a local attacker to delete arbitrary files.
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3700"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-94532"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-3GCX-WJR4-JV32
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-06-28 12:30 – Updated: 2023-12-04 15:31A time-of-check to time-of-use issue exists in io_uring subsystem's IORING_OP_CLOSE operation in the Linux kernel's versions 5.6 - 5.11 (inclusive), which allows a local user to elevate their privileges to root. Introduced in b5dba59e0cf7e2cc4d3b3b1ac5fe81ddf21959eb, patched in 9eac1904d3364254d622bf2c771c4f85cd435fc2, backported to stable in 788d0824269bef539fe31a785b1517882eafed93.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-1295"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-367"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-06-28T12:15:09Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A time-of-check to time-of-use issue exists in io_uring subsystem\u0027s IORING_OP_CLOSE operation in the Linux kernel\u0027s versions 5.6 - 5.11 (inclusive), which allows a local user to elevate their privileges to root. Introduced in b5dba59e0cf7e2cc4d3b3b1ac5fe81ddf21959eb, patched in 9eac1904d3364254d622bf2c771c4f85cd435fc2, backported to stable in 788d0824269bef539fe31a785b1517882eafed93.",
"id": "GHSA-3gcx-wjr4-jv32",
"modified": "2023-12-04T15:31:54Z",
"published": "2023-06-28T12:30:16Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1295"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=788d0824269bef539fe31a785b1517882eafed93"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9eac1904d3364254d622bf2c771c4f85cd435fc2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b5dba59e0cf7e2cc4d3b3b1ac5fe81ddf21959eb"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://kernel.dance/788d0824269bef539fe31a785b1517882eafed93"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://kernel.dance/9eac1904d3364254d622bf2c771c4f85cd435fc2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230731-0006"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-3GXJ-93JF-H822
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:43 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:43An ability to process crash dumps under root privileges and inappropriate symlinks handling could lead to a local privilege escalation in Crash Reporting in Google Chrome on Chrome OS prior to 61.0.3163.113 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted HTML page.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-15404"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-367"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2019-01-09T19:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An ability to process crash dumps under root privileges and inappropriate symlinks handling could lead to a local privilege escalation in Crash Reporting in Google Chrome on Chrome OS prior to 61.0.3163.113 allowed a local attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted HTML page.",
"id": "GHSA-3gxj-93jf-h822",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:43:45Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:43:45Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15404"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/10/stable-channel-updates-for-chrome-os.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://crbug.com/766275"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
Mitigation
The most basic advice for TOCTOU vulnerabilities is to not perform a check before the use. This does not resolve the underlying issue of the execution of a function on a resource whose state and identity cannot be assured, but it does help to limit the false sense of security given by the check.
Mitigation
When the file being altered is owned by the current user and group, set the effective gid and uid to that of the current user and group when executing this statement.
Mitigation
Limit the interleaving of operations on files from multiple processes.
Mitigation
If you cannot perform operations atomically and you must share access to the resource between multiple processes or threads, then try to limit the amount of time (CPU cycles) between the check and use of the resource. This will not fix the problem, but it could make it more difficult for an attack to succeed.
Mitigation
Recheck the resource after the use call to verify that the action was taken appropriately.
Mitigation
Ensure that some environmental locking mechanism can be used to protect resources effectively.
Mitigation
Ensure that locking occurs before the check, as opposed to afterwards, such that the resource, as checked, is the same as it is when in use.
CAPEC-27: Leveraging Race Conditions via Symbolic Links
This attack leverages the use of symbolic links (Symlinks) in order to write to sensitive files. An attacker can create a Symlink link to a target file not otherwise accessible to them. When the privileged program tries to create a temporary file with the same name as the Symlink link, it will actually write to the target file pointed to by the attackers' Symlink link. If the attacker can insert malicious content in the temporary file they will be writing to the sensitive file by using the Symlink. The race occurs because the system checks if the temporary file exists, then creates the file. The attacker would typically create the Symlink during the interval between the check and the creation of the temporary 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.