CWE-1054 – Invocation of a Control Element at an Unnecessarily Deep Horizontal Layer

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Description

The code at one architectural layer invokes code that resides
at a deeper layer than the adjacent layer, i.e., the invocation skips at least one
layer, and the invoked code is not part of a vertical utility layer that can be referenced from any horizontal layer.

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Related Weaknesses

CWE-1061

 

Consequences

Other: Reduce Maintainability

 

Potential Mitigations

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