COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATIONDraft

CWE-421

Race Condition During Access to Alternate Channel

The product opens an alternate channel to communicate with an authorized user, but the channel is accessible to other actors.

Soyutlama

Base

Yapı

Simple

Sömürü İhtimali

Medium

Problemi anla

Problem nedir?

The product opens an alternate channel to communicate with an authorized user, but the channel is accessible to other actors.

Genişletilmiş açıklama

This creates a race condition that allows an attacker to access the channel before the authorized user does.

Kök neden

Problem nasıl ve ne zaman oluşur?

Yaşam döngüsü evresi

Architecture and Design

Risk

Başarılı sömürü neye yol açar?

Gain Privileges or Assume IdentityBypass Protection Mechanism

Etkilenen güvenlik alanları: Access Control

Savunma

Nasıl önlenir ve çözülür?

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