default password

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

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Password on system administration, user, or service accounts predefined in a system, application, or device; usually associated with default account. Default accounts and passwords are published and well known, and therefore easily guessed.

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Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Credential95%rule-basedr:entity.credential.password.v1

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: default passwords
possessive: default password's
pluralpossessive: default passwords'

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