Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE Definition / CWE-493

    CWE-493: Critical Public Variable Without Final Modifier

    The product has a critical public variable that is not final, which allows the variable to be modified to contain unexpected values.

    Published:19 Jul 2006
    Organization:MITRE
    Modified:11 Dec 2025

    Related Weakness

    CWE-668: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere