Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE Definition / CWE-1074

    CWE-1074: Class with Excessively Deep Inheritance

    A class has an inheritance level that is too high, i.e., it has a large number of parent classes.

    Published:2 Jul 2018
    Organization:MITRE
    Modified:11 Dec 2025

    Related Weakness

    CWE-1093: Excessively Complex Data Representation

    CWE-1074: Class with Excessively Deep Inheritance | CVE-DB