CWE-1088 5 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-1088: Synchronous Access of Remote Resource without Timeout

Overview

CWE-1088 (Synchronous Access of Remote Resource without Timeout) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.

Security impact
Security impact: Depends on product and context; use CVE records, severity scores, and MITRE guidance to prioritize.

Description

The code has a synchronous call to a remote resource, but there is no timeout for the call, or the timeout is set to infinite.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-Specific Undetermined

Related CVEs in this database

These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.

CVE Published Summary
CVE-2025-4656 2025-06-25 Vault Community and Vault Enterprise rekey and recovery key operations can lead to a denial of service due to uncontrolled cancellation by a Vault operator. This vulnerability (CVE-2025-4656) has been…
CVE-2024-8062 2025-03-20 A vulnerability in the typeahead endpoint of h2oai/h2o-3 version 3.46.0 allows for a denial of service. The endpoint performs a `HEAD` request to verify the existence of a specified resource without s…
CVE-2024-8061 2025-03-20 In version 3.23.0 of aimhubio/aim, certain methods that request data from external servers do not have set timeouts, causing the server to wait indefinitely for a response. This can lead to a denial o…
CVE-2024-12777 2025-03-20 A vulnerability in aimhubio/aim version 3.25.0 allows for a denial of service through the misuse of the sshfs-client. The tracking server, which is single-threaded, can be made unresponsive by request…
CVE-2020-14483 2020-08-13 A timeout during a TLS handshake can result in the connection failing to terminate. This can result in a Niagara thread hanging and requires a manual restart of Niagara (Versions 4.6.96.28, 4.7.109.20…

Content submission

Name
CWE Content Team
Organization
MITRE
Date
2018-07-02
Version
3.2
Comment
Entry derived from Common Quality Enumeration (CQE) Draft 0.9.

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Relationships
2020-08-20 CWE Content Team 4.2 updated Relationships
2023-01-31 CWE Content Team 4.10 updated Description
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Applicable_Platforms, Common_Consequences, Description, Time_of_Introduction
2026-04-30 CWE Content Team 4.20 updated Observed_Examples
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