CWE-362: Race Condition

The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

Also known as Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization.

A kind of CWE-662 Improper Synchronization.

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