CWE-1059Insufficient Technical Documentation

Description

The product does not contain sufficient technical or engineering documentation (whether on paper or in electronic form) that contains descriptions of all the relevant software/hardware elements of the product, such as its usage, structure, architectural components, interfaces, design, implementation, configuration, operation, etc.

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Common consequences

• Other→Varies by Context,Hide Activities,Reduce Reliability,Quality Degradation,Reduce Maintainability
  Without a method of verification, one cannot be sure that everything only functions as expected.

Potential mitigations

• Documentation,Architecture and Design
  Ensure that design documentation is detailed enough to allow for post-manufacturing verification.

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