{"@ID": "1047", "@Name": "Modules with Circular Dependencies", "@Abstraction": "Base", "@Structure": "Simple", "@Status": "Incomplete", "Description": "The product contains modules in which one module has references that cycle back to itself, i.e., there are circular dependencies.", "Extended_Description": "As an example, with Java, this weakness might indicate cycles between packages.", "Related_Weaknesses": {"Related_Weakness": {"@Nature": "ChildOf", "@CWE_ID": "1120", "@View_ID": "1000", "@Ordinal": "Primary"}}, "Weakness_Ordinalities": {"Weakness_Ordinality": {"Ordinality": "Indirect"}}, "Applicable_Platforms": {"Language": {"@Class": "Not Language-Specific", "@Prevalence": "Undetermined"}}, "Modes_Of_Introduction": {"Introduction": [{"Phase": "Implementation"}, {"Phase": "Architecture and Design"}]}, "Common_Consequences": {"Consequence": {"Scope": "Other", "Impact": "Reduce Maintainability", "Note": "This issue makes it more difficult to maintain the product due to insufficient modularity, which indirectly affects security by making it more difficult or time-consuming to find and/or fix vulnerabilities. It can also prevent the product from running reliably.  If the relevant code is reachable by an attacker, then this reliability problem might introduce a vulnerability."}}, "Taxonomy_Mappings": {"Taxonomy_Mapping": [{"@Taxonomy_Name": "OMG ASCMM", "Entry_ID": "ASCMM-MNT-7"}, {"@Taxonomy_Name": "OMG ASCRM", "Entry_ID": "ASCRM-RLB-13"}]}, "References": {"Reference": [{"@External_Reference_ID": "REF-960", "@Section": "ASCMM-MNT-7"}, {"@External_Reference_ID": "REF-961", "@Section": "ASCRM-RLB-13"}]}, "Mapping_Notes": {"Usage": "Prohibited", "Rationale": "This entry is primarily a quality issue with no direct security implications.", "Comments": "Look for weaknesses that are focused specifically on insecure behaviors that have more direct security implications.", "Reasons": {"Reason": {"@Type": "Other"}}}, "Content_History": {"Submission": {"Submission_Name": "CWE Content Team", "Submission_Organization": "MITRE", "Submission_Date": "2018-07-02", "Submission_Version": "3.2", "Submission_ReleaseDate": "2019-01-03", "Submission_Comment": "Entry derived from Common Quality Enumeration (CQE) Draft 0.9."}, "Modification": [{"Modification_Name": "CWE Content Team", "Modification_Organization": "MITRE", "Modification_Date": "2020-02-24", "Modification_Version": "4.0", "Modification_ReleaseDate": "2020-02-24", "Modification_Comment": "updated Relationships"}, {"Modification_Name": "CWE Content Team", "Modification_Organization": "MITRE", "Modification_Date": "2020-08-20", "Modification_Version": "4.2", "Modification_ReleaseDate": "2020-08-20", "Modification_Comment": "updated Relationships"}, {"Modification_Name": "CWE Content Team", "Modification_Organization": "MITRE", "Modification_Date": "2023-01-31", "Modification_Version": "4.10", "Modification_ReleaseDate": "2023-01-31", "Modification_Comment": "updated Description"}, {"Modification_Name": "CWE Content Team", "Modification_Organization": "MITRE", "Modification_Date": "2023-04-27", "Modification_Version": "4.11", "Modification_ReleaseDate": "2023-04-27", "Modification_Comment": "updated References, Relationships"}, {"Modification_Name": "CWE Content Team", "Modification_Organization": "MITRE", "Modification_Date": "2023-06-29", "Modification_Version": "4.12", "Modification_ReleaseDate": "2023-06-29", "Modification_Comment": "updated Mapping_Notes"}, {"Modification_Name": "CWE Content Team", "Modification_Organization": "MITRE", "Modification_Date": "2024-02-29", "Modification_Version": "4.14", "Modification_ReleaseDate": "2024-02-29", "Modification_Comment": "updated Mapping_Notes"}, {"Modification_Name": "CWE Content Team", "Modification_Organization": "MITRE", "Modification_Date": "2025-12-11", "Modification_Version": "4.19", "Modification_ReleaseDate": "2025-12-11", "Modification_Comment": "updated Applicable_Platforms, Common_Consequences, Description, Time_of_Introduction"}]}}