Maintenance Hook

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

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Special instructions (trapdoors) in software allowing easy maintenance and additional feature development. Since maintenance hooks frequently allow entry into the code without the usual checks, they are a serious security risk if they are not removed prior to live implementation.

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Classifications

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Entity Type

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Information Class

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Variants

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plural: Maintenance Hooks
possessive: Maintenance Hook's
pluralpossessive: Maintenance Hooks'

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