Covert Timing Channel

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

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Covert channel in which one process signals information to another process by modulating its own use of system resources (e.g., central processing unit time) in such a way that this manipulation affects the real response time observed by the second process.

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Classifications

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Entity Type

Vulnerability0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

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Sensitivity

Regulated80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Covert Timing Channels
possessive: Covert Timing Channel's
pluralpossessive: Covert Timing Channels'

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