CWE-496

Public Data Assigned to Private Array-Typed Field

Medium

Description

Assigning public data to a private array is equivalent to giving public access to the array.

Potential Impact

Integrity: Modify Application Data

How to Fix

Implementation

Do not allow objects to modify private members of a class.

Detection Methods

Automated Static Analysis: Automated static analysis, commonly referred to as Static Application Security Testing (SAST), can find some instances of this weakness by analyzing source code (or binary/compiled code) without havin...

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References

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