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Insufficient Control Flow Management

CWE-691 · Pillar · Draft

The code does not sufficiently manage its control flow during execution, creating conditions in which the control flow can be modified in unexpected ways.

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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.
Children (more specific)
ParentOfCWE-1281 · Sequence of Processor Instructions Leads to Unexpected Behavior
ParentOfCWE-430 · Deployment of Wrong Handler
ParentOfCWE-431 · Missing Handler
ParentOfCWE-662 · Improper Synchronization
ParentOfCWE-670 · Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation
ParentOfCWE-696 · Incorrect Behavior Order
ParentOfCWE-705 · Incorrect Control Flow Scoping
ParentOfCWE-768 · Incorrect Short Circuit Evaluation
ParentOfCWE-799 · Improper Control of Interaction Frequency
ParentOfCWE-834 · Excessive Iteration
ParentOfCWE-841 · Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow
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Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

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How adversaries exploit this weakness, per MITRE CAPEC.
CAPEC-29Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions
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CVEs With This Weakness

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A sample of the 32 CVEs tagged with this weakness.
CVECVE-2026-5938
CVECVE-2025-49463
CVECVE-2025-47774
CVECVE-2025-47285
CVECVE-2025-35963
CVECVE-2025-25774
CVECVE-2025-25273
CVECVE-2025-24305
CVECVE-2025-22893
CVECVE-2025-20022
CVECVE-2025-20004
CVECVE-2024-3847
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