Variant weakness
Draft
CWE-495: Private Data Structure Returned From A Public Method
The product has a method that is declared public, but returns a reference to a private data structure, which could then be modified in unexpected ways.
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Recorded CVEs
With this primary weakness
0
KEVs
In the CISA KEV catalog
Not rated
Likelihood of exploit
Per MITRE
Variant
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
CWE-495 (Private Data Structure Returned From A Public Method) is a variant-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.