CWE-1054

Invocation of a Control Element at an Unnecessarily Deep Horizontal Layer
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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.

Status
incomplete
Abstraction
base

Common Consequences

other
Impacts
reduce maintainability

Potential Mitigations