Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE Definition / CWE-1086

    CWE-1086: Class with Excessive Number of Child Classes

    A class contains an unnecessarily large number of child classes.

    Published:2 Jul 2018
    Organization:MITRE
    Modified:28 Oct 2026

    Related Weakness

    CWE-1093: Excessively Complex Data Representation