Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE Definition / CWE-1038

    CWE-1038: Insecure Automated Optimizations

    The product uses a mechanism that automatically optimizes code, e.g. to improve a characteristic such as performance, but the optimizations can have an unintended side effect that might violate an intended security assumption.

    Published:7 Mar 2018
    Organization:MITRE
    Modified:11 Dec 2025

    Related Weakness

    CWE-435: Improper Interaction Between Multiple Correctly-Behaving Entities

    CWE-758: Reliance on Undefined, Unspecified, or Implementation-Defined Behavior