CWE-410: Insufficient Resource Pool
The product's resource pool is not large enough to handle peak demand, which allows an attacker to prevent others from accessing the resource by using a (relatively) large number of requests for resources.
How it's found
Insufficient Resource Pool describes a general pattern rather than a single fixed bug. Testers use a mix of static analysis and manual code review to find where a target's code matches this pattern, then confirm exploitability by hand.
Frequently the consequence is a "flood" of connection or sessions.
Consequences
- DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart, Other: Floods often cause a crash or other problem besides denial of the resource itself; these are likely examples of *other* vulnerabilities, not an insufficient resource pool.
Mitigations
- Architecture and Design: Do not perform resource-intensive transactions for unauthenticated users and/or invalid requests.
- Architecture and Design: Consider implementing a velocity check mechanism which would detect abusive behavior.
- Operation: Consider load balancing as an option to handle heavy loads.
- Implementation: Make sure that resource handles are properly closed when no longer needed.
- Architecture and Design: Identify the system's resource intensive operations and consider protecting them from abuse (e.g. malicious automated script which runs the resources out).
Where this fits in a TurboPentest engagement
TurboPentest's agentic pentest is powerful and covers a broad range of issues automatically. This particular class is best confirmed in a manual IntegSec engagement, where human pentesters apply deeper methodology and a larger context window than any automated pass.
Frequently asked questions
What is CWE-410?
The product's resource pool is not large enough to handle peak demand, which allows an attacker to prevent others from accessing the resource by using a (relatively) large number of requests for resources.
How do you find Insufficient Resource Pool?
Insufficient Resource Pool describes a general pattern rather than a single fixed bug. Testers use a mix of static analysis and manual code review to find where a target's code matches this pattern, then confirm exploitability by hand.
What is the impact of CWE-410?
DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart, Other: Floods often cause a crash or other problem besides denial of the resource itself; these are likely examples of *other* vulnerabilities, not an insufficient resource pool.
Does TurboPentest test for Insufficient Resource Pool?
TurboPentest's agentic pentest is powerful and covers a broad range of issues automatically. This particular class is best confirmed in a manual IntegSec engagement, where human pentesters apply deeper methodology and a larger context window than any automated pass.
Related CWEs
- Pillar weaknessCWE-664: Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime
- Variant weaknessCWE-48: Path Equivalence: 'file name' (Internal Whitespace)
- Base weaknessCWE-170: Improper Null Termination
- Base weaknessCWE-369: Divide By Zero
- Variant weaknessCWE-382: J2EE Bad Practices: Use of System.exit()
- Class weaknessCWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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