Common Weakness Enumeration
CWE Definition / CWE-432
CWE-432: Dangerous Signal Handler not Disabled During Sensitive Operations
The product uses a signal handler that shares state with other signal handlers, but it does not properly mask or prevent those signal handlers from being invoked while the original signal handler is still running.
Published:19 Jul 2006
Organization:MITRE
Modified:11 Dec 2025
Related Weakness
CWE-364: Signal Handler Race Condition
