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Incomplete Cleanup

CWE-459 · Base · Draft

The product does not properly "clean up" and remove temporary or supporting resources after they have been used.

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Weakness Relationships

Where this weakness sits in the CWE hierarchy. Walk up to broader classes or down to more specific variants.
Parent of this (broader)
ChildOfCWE-404 · Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
Children (more specific)
ParentOfCWE-226 · Sensitive Information in Resource Not Removed Before Reuse
ParentOfCWE-460 · Improper Cleanup on Thrown Exception
ParentOfCWE-568 · finalize() Method Without super.finalize()
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CVEs With This Weakness

219
A sample of the 219 CVEs tagged with this weakness.
CVECVE-2026-6830
CVECVE-2026-35361
CVECVE-2026-34263
CVECVE-2026-33232
CVECVE-2026-3304
CVECVE-2026-28268
CVECVE-2026-28196
CVECVE-2026-21438
CVECVE-2026-0427
CVECVE-2025-66675
CVECVE-2025-66467
CVECVE-2025-64775
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