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CWE-1061Insufficient Encapsulation

Category: other

Description

The product does not sufficiently hide the internal representation and implementation details of data or methods, which might allow external components or modules to modify data unexpectedly, invoke unexpected functionality, or introduce dependencies that the programmer did not intend.

Common consequences· 2

  • Access Control — Varies by Context, Bypass Protection Mechanism
    An attacker can access data or methods that were not intended to be accessible.
  • Other — Reduce Maintainability, Increase Analytical Complexity
    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.

References

  1. https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1061.html

Related by meaning· 6

Nearest entities by semantic similarity across the cs-graph corpus.

CWE
Insufficient Encapsulation of Machine-Dependent Functionality
CWE
Insufficient Isolation of System-Dependent Functions
CWE
Use of Low-Level Functionality
CWE
Exposed Dangerous Method or Function
CWE
Access to Critical Private Variable via Public Method
CWE
Improper Following of Specification by Caller
Sourced from MITRE CWE 4.20. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.