Common Weakness Enumeration
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.
1205 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
CVE-2026-19975 (GCVE-0-2026-19975)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-17 02:30 – Updated: 2026-08-19 14:40 X_Open Source
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Azuriom CMS Money Transfer ProfileController.php transferMoney toctou
Summary
A weakness has been identified in Azuriom CMS up to 1.2.12. This issue affects the function transferMoney of the file app/Http/Controllers/ProfileController.php of the component Money Transfer Handler. This manipulation causes time-of-check time-of-use. The attack may be initiated remotely. A high degree of complexity is needed for the attack. The exploitability is assessed as difficult. Upgrading to version 1.2.13 is capable of addressing this issue. Patch name: ae5596a9548e010a8a79838806eff60ef9554539. Upgrading the affected component is advised. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-19 14:39 UTC
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://vuldb.com/vuln/391154 | vdb-entrytechnical-description |
| https://vuldb.com/vuln/391154/cti | signaturepermissions-required |
| https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-19975 | third-party-advisory |
| https://vuldb.com/submit/873734 | third-party-advisory |
| https://github.com/Azuriom/Azuriom/commit/ae5596a… | patch |
| https://github.com/Azuriom/Azuriom/releases/tag/v1.2.13 | patch |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azuriom | CMS |
Affected:
1.2.0
Affected: 1.2.1 Affected: 1.2.2 Affected: 1.2.3 Affected: 1.2.4 Affected: 1.2.5 Affected: 1.2.6 Affected: 1.2.7 Affected: 1.2.8 Affected: 1.2.9 Affected: 1.2.10 Affected: 1.2.11 Affected: 1.2.12 Unaffected: 1.2.13 cpe:2.3:a:azuriom:cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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CVE-2026-19410 (GCVE-0-2026-19410)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-31 08:14 – Updated: 2026-08-31 11:18
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Google Cloud Build Comment Control Bypass via Webhook Suppression
Summary
An Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in GitHub Trigger Comment Control in Google Cloud Build prior to 2026-06-24 on Google Cloud Platform allows a remote attacker to execute unreviewed code in the build environment using webhook suppression.
This vulnerability was patched on 24 June 2026, and no customer action is needed.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-31 11:11 UTC
CWE
Assigner
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1 reference
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1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Cloud | Google Cloud Build |
Affected:
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CVE-2026-19079 (GCVE-0-2026-19079)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-07 07:21 – Updated: 2026-08-21 12:13
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Policycoreutils: policycoreutils: toctou race condition in fixfiles allows arbitrary selinux label manipulation
Summary
A TOCTOU (Time-of-Check-Time-of-Use) race condition vulnerability was found in the fixfiles script in policycoreutils. When running fixfiles relabel or fixfiles restore, the script used find and chcon commands to locate and relabel unlabeled files under /tmp and other directories. A local attacker could exploit a race window between the file discovery and the label change operation by swapping directory components with symlinks, causing chcon to follow the symlink and modify SELinux labels on arbitrary system files. This could undermine SELinux mandatory access control protections on critical files such as /etc/shadow.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-07 17:40 UTC
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:51861 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-19079 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511976 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/commit/… |
Impacted products
7 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Hardened Images |
Unaffected:
3.11-2.2.hum1 , < *
(rpm)
cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
|
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
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cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
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|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
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|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 |
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
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Date Public
2026-07-08 00:00
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CVE-2026-18477 (GCVE-0-2026-18477)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-03 15:34 – Updated: 2026-08-21 12:13
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Tar: tar: toctou in incremental dumpdir 'x' rename handling allows restore path escape
Summary
A TOCTOU (Time-of-Check Time-of-Use) vulnerability in GNU tar's incremental dumpdir 'X' rename handling allows a local attacker with write access to a directory being backed up to influence the restore process if the attacker has access to the system where the restore is being performed. During restoration, files or directories may be created, renamed or overwritten outside the intended extraction directory. This could lead to unauthorized file modification or, in some cases, privilege escalation. Exploitation does not require the attacker to modify or craft the archive, and standard backup and restore workflows—including extracting into a newly created directory without using the -P option do not mitigate the issue.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-03 16:25 UTC
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
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cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
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CVE-2026-16967 (GCVE-0-2026-16967)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-13 19:53 – Updated: 2026-08-14 12:39
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
IBM i is Affected By Multiple SQL Vulnerabilities [, ]
Summary
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Severity
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CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-14 03:56 UTC
CWE
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Assigner
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1 reference
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Affected:
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CVE-2026-16935 (GCVE-0-2026-16935)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-20 21:32 – Updated: 2026-08-26 14:16
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Vulnerabilities in IBM AIX and PowerVM VIOS
Summary
IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges due to a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-22 03:56 UTC
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858 | vendor-advisorypatch |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | AIX |
Affected:
7.2
Affected: 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aix:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aix:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aix:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aix:7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| IBM | PowerVM VIOS |
Affected:
4.1
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powervm_vios:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powervm_vios:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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CVE-2026-16927 (GCVE-0-2026-16927)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-20 14:38 – Updated: 2026-08-21 03:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Vulnerabilities in IBM AIX and PowerVM VIOS
Summary
IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to gain root privileges due to a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition.
Severity
7.3 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-20 00:00 UTC
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858 | vendor-advisorypatch |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | AIX |
Affected:
7.2
Affected: 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aix:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aix:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aix:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aix:7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| IBM | PowerVM VIOS |
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4.1
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powervm_vios:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powervm_vios:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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CVE-2026-16922 (GCVE-0-2026-16922)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-20 14:36 – Updated: 2026-08-21 03:55
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Vulnerabilities in IBM AIX and PowerVM VIOS
Summary
IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code due to a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-20 00:00 UTC
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858 | vendor-advisorypatch |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | AIX |
Affected:
7.2
Affected: 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aix:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aix:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aix:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aix:7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| IBM | PowerVM VIOS |
Affected:
4.1
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powervm_vios:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powervm_vios:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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CVE-2026-16896 (GCVE-0-2026-16896)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-13 19:51 – Updated: 2026-08-14 18:28
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Network Authentication Service
Summary
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain unauthorized access to files due to a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition.
Severity
7.1 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-14 13:40 UTC
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283293 | vendor-advisorypatch |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | i |
Affected:
7.6
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CVE-2026-16838 (GCVE-0-2026-16838)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-19 19:30 – Updated: 2026-08-26 14:16
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Vulnerabilities in IBM AIX and PowerVM VIOS
Summary
IBM AIX 7.2, and 7.3 and IBM PowerVM VIOS 4.1 could allow a local attacker to overwrite critical files and obtain sensitive information due to a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-22 03:55 UTC
CWE
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7283858 | vendor-advisorypatch |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | AIX |
Affected:
7.2
Affected: 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aix:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aix:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aix:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:aix:7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
|
| IBM | PowerVM VIOS |
Affected:
4.1
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powervm_vios:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:powervm_vios:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Mitigation
Implementation
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
Implementation
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
Architecture and Design
Limit the interleaving of operations on files from multiple processes.
Mitigation
Implementation
Architecture and Design
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
Implementation
Recheck the resource after the use call to verify that the action was taken appropriately.
Mitigation
Architecture and Design
Ensure that some environmental locking mechanism can be used to protect resources effectively.
Mitigation
Implementation
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.