# Cross-Cutting Leakage

> Letting a concern such as logging or security bleed into unrelated modules throughout the code.

Record: `lexicon:cross-cutting-leakage`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-cross-cutting-leakage

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Copy-Paste Programming](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/copy-paste-programming.md) and before [Deep Inheritance Hierarchy](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/deep-inheritance-hierarchy.md).

## Category

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-modular-design.md)

## Negated by

- [Separation of Concerns](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/separation-of-concerns.md)

## Linked from

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-core-modular-design.md)