The code contains a callable or other code grouping in which the nesting / branching is too deep.
View on MITREThis issue makes it more difficult to maintain the product, which indirectly affects security by making it more difficult or time-consuming to find and/or fix vulnerabilities. It also might make it easier to introduce vulnerabilities.
No mitigation information available for this CWE.
No detection method information available for this CWE.
No examples or observed CVEs available for this CWE.
CWE-1124: Excessively Deep Nesting is a Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) entry maintained by MITRE. The code contains a callable or other code grouping in which the nesting / branching is too deep. This issue makes it more difficult to maintain the product, which indirectly affects security by making it more difficult or time-consuming to find and/or fix vulnerabilities. It also might make it easier to introduce vulnerabilities.
If exploited, CWE-1124 (Excessively Deep Nesting) it can compromise Other, leading to outcomes such as Reduce Maintainability.
A CWE (Common Weakness Enumeration) like CWE-1124 describes a category of software weakness — the underlying flaw type. A CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) identifies a specific, real-world vulnerability in a particular product. In short, a CWE is the kind of mistake, and a CVE is an instance of that mistake being found in software.