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CWE-766: Critical Data Element Declared Public
The product declares a critical variable, field, or member to be public when intended security policy requires it to be private.
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Overview
This issue makes it more difficult to maintain the product, which indirectly affects security by making it more difficult or time-consuming to find and/or fix vulnerabilities. It also might make it easier to introduce vulnerabilities.
Common consequences
What can happen when CWE-766 is exploited.
Read Application Data, Modify Application Data
Affects: Integrity, Confidentiality
Making a critical variable public allows anyone with access to the object in which the variable is contained to alter or read the value.
Reduce Maintainability
Affects: Other
How it happens
When it is introduced
Typically introduced during these phases of the software lifecycle.
Implementation
Applies to
Languages
C++
C#
Java