CWE-1116 Inaccurate Source Code Comments

The source code contains comments that do not accurately describe or explain aspects of the portion of the code with which the comment is associated.

• Other: Reduce Maintainability — 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. • Other: Increase Analytical Complexity — When a comment does not accurately reflect the associated code elements, this can introduce confusion to a reviewer (due to inconsistencies) or make it more difficult and less efficient to validate that the code is implementing the intended behavior correctly.

• [Implementation] Verify that each comment accurately reflects what is intended to happen during execution of the code.

• Manual Static Analysis: Compare the comments to the actual code itself to ensure the comment is consistent with the code. If an inconsistency exists, consult available documentation for developers of the product (design, libraries, APIs, etc.) Note that documentation might be stored in different places than the code repository.