COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATIONDraft

CWE-675

Multiple Operations on Resource in Single-Operation Context

The product performs the same operation on a resource two or more times, when the operation should only be applied once.

Abstraction

Class

Structure

Simple

Likelihood of Exploit

Medium

Understand the problem

What is the problem?

The product performs the same operation on a resource two or more times, when the operation should only be applied once.

Root cause

How and when does the problem arise?

Lifecycle phase

Implementation

Risk

What does successful exploitation lead to?

Other

Affected security scopes: Other

Defence

How is it prevented and fixed?

  • Follow secure coding guidelines for input handling and boundary checking.
  • Enforce strict security reviews and automated static analysis (SAST) checks.