Cyber Posture

CWE · MITRE source

CWE-453Insecure Default Variable Initialization

Abstraction: Variant · CVEs in our corpus: 17

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

Last updated: 09 May 2026 03:25 UTC

NIST 800-53 r5 controls that address this weakness (0)AI

Control Title Family Why it addresses this CWE
No NIST controls proposed yet.

Top CVEs of this weakness type, ranked by Risk Priority

CVE Risk CVSS EPSS Published
CVE-2024-214112.18.80.05042024-03-12
CVE-2021-274262.09.80.00292022-03-23
CVE-2025-302062.09.80.00102025-04-15
CVE-2025-479451.89.10.00352025-05-17
CVE-2022-32621.68.10.00432022-12-08
CVE-2024-491201.68.10.00202024-12-12
CVE-2025-485631.67.80.00012025-09-04
CVE-2023-275161.57.30.00052023-10-12
CVE-2024-412551.57.50.00052024-07-31
CVE-2022-468311.36.60.00012022-12-08
CVE-2024-399161.36.40.00342024-07-12
CVE-2022-471971.25.40.01802023-01-19
CVE-2022-471941.15.40.00582023-01-19
CVE-2022-471951.15.40.00362023-01-19
CVE-2022-471961.15.40.00362023-01-19
CVE-2026-413300.94.40.00012026-04-21
CVE-2025-619260.00.00.00082025-10-09