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CWE-1096 – Singleton Class Instance Creation without Proper Locking or Synchronization

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Description

The software implements a Singleton design pattern but does not use appropriate locking or other synchronization mechanism to ensure that the singleton class is only instantiated once.

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Related Weaknesses

CWE-820
CWE-662
CWE-662

 

Consequences

Other: Reduce Reliability

 

Potential Mitigations

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