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Race Condition

nounid 3748·updated May 9, 2026
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A race condition exploits the small window of time between a security control being applied and when the service is used.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Vulnerability95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Race Conditions
possessive
Race Condition's
pluralpossessive
Race Conditions'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
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A race condition exploits the small window of time between a security control being applied and when the service is used.

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