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CWE-1099 - Inconsistent Naming Conventions for Identifiers

CWE-1099

  • Abstraction:
  • Base
  • Structure:
  • Simple
  • Status:
  • Incomplete
Weakness Name

Inconsistent Naming Conventions for Identifiers

Description

The product's code, documentation, or other artifacts do not consistently use the same naming conventions for variables, callables, groups of related callables, I/O capabilities, data types, file names, or similar types of elements.

This issue makes it more difficult to understand and/or maintain the product due to inconsistencies, 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.

Related Weaknesses
  • Release Date:
  • 2019-01-03
  • Latest Modification Date:
  • 2024-02-29

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