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Insecure Default Variable Initialization

CWE-453 · Variant · Draft

The product, by default, initializes an internal variable with an insecure or less secure value than is possible.

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Parent of this (broader)
ChildOfCWE-1188 · Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default
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CVEs With This Weakness

17
A sample of the 17 CVEs tagged with this weakness.
CVECVE-2026-41330
CVECVE-2025-61926
CVECVE-2025-48563
CVECVE-2025-47945
CVECVE-2025-30206
CVECVE-2024-49120
CVECVE-2024-41255
CVECVE-2024-39916
CVECVE-2024-21411
CVECVE-2023-27516
CVECVE-2022-47197
CVECVE-2022-47196
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