CWE-754 589 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions

Overview

CWE-754 (Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions) 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 product does not check or incorrectly checks for unusual or exceptional conditions that are not expected to occur frequently during day to day operation of the product.

Background details

Extended context from the CWE catalog (rendered from MITRE XHTML).

Many functions will return some value about the success of their actions. This will alert the program whether or not to handle any errors caused by that function.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-Specific Undetermined
technology Not Technology-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-2026-54269 2026-06-22 protobufjs compiles protobuf definitions into JavaScript (JS) functions. Prior to 8.6.0 and 7.6.3, protobufjs accepted certain schema-derived names that could collide with properties used by protobufj…
CVE-2026-47216 2026-06-12 Typesense is a fast, typo-tolerant search engine. Prior to versions 29.1 and 30.2, there is an unauthenticated denial-of-service vulnerability in the /multi_search endpoint. A specially crafted reques…
CVE-2026-0269 2026-06-10 A memory corruption vulnerability in the processing of tunnel traffic in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software allows an authenticated user to initiate system reboots using a maliciously crafted packet.…
CVE-2026-46541 2026-06-09 Nimiq is a Rust implementation of the Nimiq Proof-of-Stake protocol based on the Albatross consensus algorithm. Prior to version 1.4.0, iIn handle_dht_get(), the DhtResults accumulator is only initial…
CVE-2026-45678 2026-06-02 OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation provides eBPF instrumentation based on the OpenTelemetry standard. Prior to version 0.9.0, the Postgres protocol parser assumes BIND message payloads contain a valid…
CVE-2026-49325 2026-05-29 Improper handling of physical conditions in the bike-shutdown control of the Indian Motorcycle Scout Bobber + Tech 2025 model year allows a physical attacker with access to the Wireless Control Module…
CVE-2026-49318 2026-05-29 Incorrect behavior order in the Infotainment / Digital Round display of the Indian Motorcycle Scout Bobber + Tech 2025 model year allows an adjacent-network attacker to bypass the PIN entry screen. Th…
CVE-2026-49317 2026-05-29 Incorrect behavior order in the Infotainment / Digital Round display of the Indian Motorcycle Scout Bobber + Tech 2025 model year allows an adjacent-network attacker to bypass the PIN entry screen. Th…
CVE-2026-49316 2026-05-29 Expected behavior violation in the in-vehicle network of the Indian Motorcycle Scout Bobber + Tech 2025 model year allows an adjacent-network attacker to bypass the motorcycle's anti-theft shutdown by…
CVE-2026-5343 2026-05-28 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Drupal SAML SSO - Service Provider allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects SAML SSO - Service Provider: from 0.0.0 before…
CVE-2026-39929 2026-05-28 Lakeside SysTrack Agent versions prior to 11.2.1.28, 11.3.0.38, 11.4.0.24, 11.5.0.15 contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Command ID 30 UDP packet handler that allows remote attackers to…
CVE-2026-44324 2026-05-27 free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. Prior to 4.2.2, free5GC's UDR nudr-dr DELETE /subscription-data/{ueId}/{servingPlmnId}/ee-subscriptions/{subsId}/amf-subscriptions hand…
CVE-2026-44322 2026-05-27 free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. Prior to 4.2.2, free5GC's NEF PATCH /3gpp-pfd-management/v1/{afId}/transactions/{transId}/applications/{appId} handler panics with a ni…
CVE-2026-44317 2026-05-27 free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. Prior to 4.2.2, free5GC's PCF POST /npcf-policyauthorization/v1/app-sessions handler panics on a single authenticated request whose asc…
CVE-2026-44316 2026-05-27 free5GC is an open-source implementation of the 5G core network. Prior to 4.2.2, free5GC's PCF POST /npcf-smpolicycontrol/v1/sm-policies handler (HandleCreateSmPolicyRequest) panics with a nil-pointer…
CVE-2025-13392 2026-05-27 Improper check for unusual or exceptional conditions vulnerability in SSO in Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) before 7.2.2-72806-5 and 7.3.1-86003-1 (7.2.1-69057 is not affected) allows remote attac…
CVE-2026-4915 2026-05-25 Mattermost versions 11.6.x <= 11.6.0, 11.5.x <= 11.5.3, 11.4.x <= 11.4.4, 10.11.x <= 10.11.14 fail to filter nil elements from outgoing webhook attachment payloads before processing, which allows an a…
CVE-2026-40094 2026-05-20 nimiq-blockchain provides persistent block storage for Nimiq's Rust implementation. In versions 1.3.0 and prior, network-libp2p discovery accepts signed PeerContact updates from untrusted peers and st…
CVE-2026-5946 2026-05-20 Multiple flaws have been identified in `named` related to the handling of DNS messages whose CLASS is not Internet (`IN`) — for example, `CHAOS` or `HESIOD`, or DNS messages that specify meta-classes …
CVE-2026-8491 2026-05-19 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Drupal Node View Permissions allows Forceful Browsing. This issue affects Node View Permissions: from 0.0.0 before 1.7.0, from 2.…

Previous names

  • Improper Check for Exceptional Conditions (2010-02-16)

Content submission

Name
CWE Content Team
Organization
MITRE
Date
2009-03-03
Version
1.3
Comment
New entry for reorganization of CWE-703.

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2009-07-27 CWE Content Team 1.5 updated Relationships
2009-12-28 CWE Content Team 1.7 updated Applicable_Platforms, Likelihood_of_Exploit, Time_of_Introduction
2010-02-16 CWE Content Team 1.8 updated Background_Details, Common_Consequences, Demonstrative_Examples, Description, Detection_Factors, Name, Observed_Examples, Potential_Mitigations, References, Related_Attack_Patterns, Relationship_Notes, Relationships
2010-04-05 CWE Content Team 1.8.1 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Related_Attack_Patterns
2010-06-21 CWE Content Team 1.9 updated Common_Consequences, Detection_Factors, Potential_Mitigations, References
2010-09-27 CWE Content Team 1.10 updated Potential_Mitigations
2010-12-13 CWE Content Team 1.11 updated Relationship_Notes
2011-03-29 CWE Content Team 1.12 updated Description, Relationships
2011-06-01 CWE Content Team 1.13 updated Common_Consequences
2011-06-27 CWE Content Team 2.0 updated Common_Consequences, Related_Attack_Patterns, Relationships
2011-09-13 CWE Content Team 2.1 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2012-05-11 CWE Content Team 2.2 updated Relationships
2012-10-30 CWE Content Team 2.3 updated Potential_Mitigations
2013-02-21 CWE Content Team 2.4 updated Relationships
2014-07-30 CWE Content Team 2.8 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Relationships
2015-12-07 CWE Content Team 2.9 updated Relationships
2017-01-19 CWE Content Team 2.10 updated Relationships
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Modes_of_Introduction, References, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2019-01-03 CWE Content Team 3.2 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2019-06-20 CWE Content Team 3.3 updated Description, Relationships
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Potential_Mitigations, Relationships
2020-06-25 CWE Content Team 4.1 updated Potential_Mitigations
2020-12-10 CWE Content Team 4.3 updated Potential_Mitigations
2021-03-15 CWE Content Team 4.4 updated Demonstrative_Examples, Relationships
2021-07-20 CWE Content Team 4.5 updated Relationships
2022-04-28 CWE Content Team 4.7 updated Relationships
2023-01-31 CWE Content Team 4.10 updated Description, Potential_Mitigations
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated References, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2024-02-29 CWE Content Team 4.14 updated Observed_Examples
2024-07-16 CWE Content Team 4.15 updated Relationships
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Applicable_Platforms, Relationships, Weakness_Ordinalities

Contributions

Type Name Date Comment
Content "Mapping CWE to 62443" Sub-Working Group 2023-04-25 Suggested mappings to ISA/IEC 62443.
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