The 3 least secure programming languages

20-Mar-2019 2883

These coding languages have the most open source vulnerabilities, according to a WhiteSource report.

Here's how the seven most widely-used coding languages stack up when it comes to the total open source security vulnerabilities per language, according to the report:

  1. C (47%)
  2. PHP (17%)
  3. Java (11%)
  4. JavaScript (10%)
  5. Python (5%)
  6. C++ (5%)
  7. Ruby (4%)
 

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