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

base

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.

parent weaknesses

Broader classes this is a kind of.

CWE-1061Insufficient Encapsulation

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MITREUS

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