Overly Restrictive Account Lockout Mechanism

Properties


name
Overly Restrictive Account Lockout Mechanism
definition
The product contains an account lockout protection mechanism, but the mechanism is too restrictive and can be triggered too easily, which allows attackers to deny service to legitimate users by causing their accounts to be locked out.

Neighbors

CWE-645 has no direct neighbors in this release.

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