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Public Static Field Not Marked Final

CWE-500 · Variant · Draft

An object contains a public static field that is not marked final, which might allow it to be modified in unexpected ways.

Extended description

Public static variables can be read without an accessor and changed without a mutator by any classes in the application.

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ChildOfCWE-493 · Critical Public Variable Without Final Modifier
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