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.
1063 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-JRC6-6MXC-2RW2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-04-13 09:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 03:26Transient DOS due to time-of-check time-of-use race condition in Modem while processing RRC Reconfiguration message.
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"nvd_published_at": "2023-04-13T07:15:00Z",
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"details": "Transient DOS due to time-of-check time-of-use race condition in Modem while processing RRC Reconfiguration message.",
"id": "GHSA-jrc6-6mxc-2rw2",
"modified": "2024-04-04T03:26:31Z",
"published": "2023-04-13T09:30:19Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-33270"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins/april-2023-bulletin"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
GHSA-JRJP-VPCV-WVM5
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-06-12 21:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 04:43Potential Time-of-Check to Time-of Use (TOCTOU) vulnerabilities have been identified in the HP BIOS for certain HP PC products which may allow arbitrary code execution, denial of service, and information disclosure.
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"details": "Potential Time-of-Check to Time-of Use (TOCTOU) vulnerabilities have been identified in the HP BIOS for certain HP PC products which may allow arbitrary code execution, denial of service, and information disclosure.",
"id": "GHSA-jrjp-vpcv-wvm5",
"modified": "2024-04-04T04:43:58Z",
"published": "2023-06-12T21:30:36Z",
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"url": "https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_7709808-7709835-16/hpsbhf03835"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-JV7C-V8GP-MVF2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-06-25 18:31 – Updated: 2024-06-25 18:31Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS contains an TOCTOU race condition vulnerability. A local low privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain access to otherwise unauthorized resources.
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"details": "Dell PowerEdge Server BIOS contains an TOCTOU race condition vulnerability. A local low privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain access to otherwise unauthorized resources.",
"id": "GHSA-jv7c-v8gp-mvf2",
"modified": "2024-06-25T18:31:21Z",
"published": "2024-06-25T18:31:21Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000226253/dsa-2024-039-security-update-for-dell-amd-based-poweredge-server-vulnerability"
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GHSA-JWP6-2MV6-8GQ3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-07-06 19:24 – Updated: 2024-04-04 05:35Multiple vulnerabilities including an incorrect permission assignment for critical resource [CWE-732] vulnerability and a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition [CWE-367] vulnerability in Fortinet FortiClientWindows before 7.0.7 allows attackers on the same file sharing network to execute commands via writing data into a windows pipe.
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"id": "GHSA-jwp6-2mv6-8gq3",
"modified": "2024-04-04T05:35:56Z",
"published": "2023-07-06T19:24:14Z",
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"url": "https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-429"
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GHSA-JX6V-7WMG-PQ67
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-01 18:30 – Updated: 2025-10-31 21:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Revert "openvswitch: switch to per-action label counting in conntrack"
Currently, ovs_ct_set_labels() is only called for confirmed conntrack entries (ct) within ovs_ct_commit(). However, if the conntrack entry does not have the labels_ext extension, attempting to allocate it in ovs_ct_get_conn_labels() for a confirmed entry triggers a warning in nf_ct_ext_add():
WARN_ON(nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct));
This happens when the conntrack entry is created externally before OVS increments net->ct.labels_used. The issue has become more likely since commit fcb1aa5163b1 ("openvswitch: switch to per-action label counting in conntrack"), which changed to use per-action label counting and increment net->ct.labels_used when a flow with ct action is added.
Since there’s no straightforward way to fully resolve this issue at the moment, this reverts the commit to avoid breaking existing use cases.
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"id": "GHSA-jx6v-7wmg-pq67",
"modified": "2025-10-31T21:30:53Z",
"published": "2025-04-01T18:30:53Z",
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1063ae07383c0ddc5bcce170260c143825846b03"
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GHSA-JX7X-9R98-H5XR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-04-12 15:37 – Updated: 2024-04-12 21:21An issue in OpenStack magnum yoga-eom version allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the cert_manager.py. component.
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-04-12T13:15:15Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "An issue in OpenStack magnum yoga-eom version allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the cert_manager.py. component.",
"id": "GHSA-jx7x-9r98-h5xr",
"modified": "2024-04-12T21:21:50Z",
"published": "2024-04-12T15:37:19Z",
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"summary": "OpenStack magnum vulnerable to time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) attack"
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GHSA-M26V-HJQ3-X245
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-22 18:31 – Updated: 2026-07-06 19:54Duplicate Advisory
This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-gwm6-q8ch-hcfr. This link is maintained to preserve external references.
Original Description
A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability exists in the install utility of uutils coreutils when using the -D flag. The command creates parent directories and subsequently performs a second path resolution to create the target file, neither of which is anchored to a directory file descriptor. An attacker with concurrent write access can replace a path component with a symbolic link between these operations, redirecting the privileged write to an arbitrary file system location.
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-04-22T17:16:38Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "### Duplicate Advisory\nThis advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-gwm6-q8ch-hcfr. This link is maintained to preserve external references.\n\n### Original Description\nA Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability exists in the install utility of uutils coreutils when using the -D flag. The command creates parent directories and subsequently performs a second path resolution to create the target file, neither of which is anchored to a directory file descriptor. An attacker with concurrent write access can replace a path component with a symbolic link between these operations, redirecting the privileged write to an arbitrary file system location.",
"id": "GHSA-m26v-hjq3-x245",
"modified": "2026-07-06T19:54:51Z",
"published": "2026-04-22T18:31:45Z",
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"url": "https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/10140"
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"summary": "Duplicate Advisory: uutils coreutils has a Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition",
"withdrawn": "2026-07-06T19:54:51Z"
}
GHSA-M2W5-7XHV-W6FH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-21 06:31 – Updated: 2026-04-02 15:31A flaw was found in the Keycloak server during refresh token processing, specifically in the TokenManager class responsible for enforcing refresh token reuse policies. When strict refresh token rotation is enabled, the validation and update of refresh token usage are not performed atomically. This allows concurrent refresh requests to bypass single-use enforcement and issue multiple access tokens from the same refresh token. As a result, Keycloak’s refresh token rotation hardening can be undermined.
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"modified": "2026-04-02T15:31:34Z",
"published": "2026-01-21T06:31:20Z",
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"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6477"
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GHSA-M46M-JR5M-G95H
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:08 – Updated: 2023-05-19 18:30arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c in the Linux kernel before 5.11.12 has a use-after-free in which an AMD KVM guest can bypass access control on host OS MSRs when there are nested guests, aka CID-a58d9166a756. This occurs because of a TOCTOU race condition associated with a VMCB12 double fetch in nested_svm_vmrun.
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"id": "GHSA-m46m-jr5m-g95h",
"modified": "2023-05-19T18:30:23Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:08:58Z",
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"url": "https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2177"
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"url": "https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.11.12"
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GHSA-M4MQ-5MC2-XRJV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-14 18:32 – Updated: 2026-07-14 18:32Null pointer dereference in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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"details": "Null pointer dereference in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.",
"id": "GHSA-m4mq-5mc2-xrjv",
"modified": "2026-07-14T18:32:29Z",
"published": "2026-07-14T18:32:29Z",
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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.