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Incomplete Internal State Distinction

CWE-372 · Base · Draft

The product does not properly determine which state it is in, causing it to assume it is in state X when in fact it is in state Y, causing it to perform incorrect operations in a security-relevant manner.

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Parent of this (broader)
ChildOfCWE-664 · Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime
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Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

2
How adversaries exploit this weakness, per MITRE CAPEC.
CAPEC-140Bypassing of Intermediate Forms in Multiple-Form Sets
CAPEC-74Manipulating State
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CVEs With This Weakness

9
CVEs tagged with this weakness.
CVECVE-2026-41388
CVECVE-2026-41340
CVECVE-2026-41300
CVECVE-2024-22590
CVECVE-2023-4012
CVECVE-2023-36834
CVECVE-2023-31127
CVECVE-2021-25735
CVECVE-2020-27222
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