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Reliance on Package-level Scope

CWE-487 · Base · Incomplete

Java packages are not inherently closed.

therefore, relying on them for code security is not a good practice.

Extended description

The purpose of package scope is to prevent accidental access by other parts of a program. This is an ease-of-software-development feature but not a security feature.

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