| Document And Entity Information - USD ($) | 12 Months Ended | | |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | Feb. 26, 2024 | Jun. 30, 2023 |
| Cover [Abstract] | | | |
| Document Type | 10-K/A | | |
| Amendment Flag | true | | |
| Amendment Description | This Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (the “Amendment Filing”) to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (“Annual Report”) of CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (the “Registrant”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 29, 2024 (“Original Filing Date”), is being filed for the purpose of updating Part II, Item 9 of the Annual Report to update management’s report on disclosure controls and procedures contained in Part II, Item 9A, which inadvertently omitted a statement disclosing the conclusions of the Registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers regarding the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2023. This Amendment Filing corrects such omission.This Amendment Filing also amends Item 15 of Part IV of the Annual Report solely to include as exhibits a new consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP and the certifications required by Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Because no financial statements have been included in this Amendment Filing, paragraph 3 of the certifications has been omitted. The Registrant is not including the certifications under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as no financial statements are being filed with this Amendment Filing.This Amendment No. 1 speaks as of the Original Filing Date of the Annual Report, does not reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to the Original Filing Date, and, apart from the disclosure added as described above, does not modify or update in any way the disclosures made in the original Annual Report. | | |
| Document Period End Date | Dec. 31, 2023 | | |
| Document Fiscal Year Focus | 2023 | | |
| Document Fiscal Period Focus | FY | | |
| Entity Registrant Name | CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC. | | |
| Entity Central Index Key | 0000910612 | | |
| Entity Current Reporting Status | Yes | | |
| Entity Voluntary Filers | No | | |
| Entity Interactive Data Current | Yes | | |
| Current Fiscal Year End Date | --12-31 | | |
| Entity Filer Category | Accelerated Filer | | |
| Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer | No | | |
| Document Financial Statement Error Correction [Flag] | false | | |
| Entity Public Float | | | $ 411,332,564 |
| Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding | | 32,273,350 | |
| Entity Shell Company | false | | |
| Entity Small Business | false | | |
| Entity Emerging Growth Company | false | | |
| ICFR Auditor Attestation Flag | true | | |
| Title of 12(b) Security | Common Stock, $0.001 par value | | |
| Trading Symbol | CBL | | |
| Security Exchange Name | NYSE | | |
| Entity File Number | 1-12494 | | |
| Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code | DE | | |
| Entity Tax Identification Number | 62-1545718 | | |
| Entity Address, Address Line One | 2030 Hamilton Place Blvd. | | |
| Entity Address, Address Line Two | Suite 500 | | |
| Entity Address, City or Town | Chattanooga | | |
| Entity Address, State or Province | TN | | |
| Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 37421 | | |
| City Area Code | 423 | | |
| Local Phone Number | 855.0001 | | |
| Document Annual Report | true | | |
| Document Transition Report | false | | |
| Entity Bankruptcy Proceedings, Reporting Current | true | | |
| Documents Incorporated by Reference [Text Block] | Portions of CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.’s Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders were incorporated by reference in Part III of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, as originally filed on February 29, 2024. | | |
