Base weakness
Draft
CWE-414: Missing Lock Check
A product does not check to see if a lock is present before performing sensitive operations on a resource.
2
Recorded CVEs
With this primary weakness
0
KEVs
In the CISA KEV catalog
Not rated
Likelihood of exploit
Per MITRE
Base
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
CWE-414 (Missing Lock Check) is a base-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
2 recorded CVEs are caused by CWE-414 (Missing Lock Check). The highest-severity and most recent are shown first. 1 new CWE-414 CVE has been recorded so far in 2026 (1 in 2025).