Base weakness
Incomplete
CWE-914: Improper Control of Dynamically-Identified Variables
The product does not properly restrict reading from or writing to dynamically-identified variables.
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4
Recorded CVEs
With this primary weakness
0
KEVs
In the CISA KEV catalog
Not rated
Likelihood of exploit
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Overview
Many languages offer powerful features that allow the programmer to access arbitrary variables that are specified by an input string. While these features can offer significant flexibility and reduce development time, they can be extremely dangerous if attackers can modify unintended variables that have security implications.
Real-world CVEs
4 recorded CVEs are caused by CWE-914 (Improper Control of Dynamically-Identified Variables). The highest-severity and most recent are shown first. 0 new CWE-914 CVEs have been recorded so far in 2026 (1 in 2025).