Class weakness
Draft
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.
Last updated
6
Recorded CVEs
With this primary weakness
0
KEVs
In the CISA KEV catalog
Low
Likelihood of exploit
Per MITRE
Class
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
CWE-1038 (Insecure Automated Optimizations) is a class-level software weakness catalogued by MITRE in the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE). It describes a recurring type of mistake that can lead to exploitable security vulnerabilities.
Real-world CVEs
6 recorded CVEs are caused by CWE-1038 (Insecure Automated Optimizations). The highest-severity and most recent are shown first. 0 new CWE-1038 CVEs have been recorded so far in 2026 (4 in 2025).