Flaw
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
Error of commission, omission, or oversight in an information system that may allow protection mechanisms to be bypassed.
polysemousNISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Senses
Wordset Dictionary
an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness
Wordset Dictionary
defect or weakness in a person's character
Wordset Dictionary
an imperfection in an object or machine
Classifications
Entity Type
Vulnerability92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- fault
- plural
- Flaws
- possessive
- Flaw's
- pluralpossessive
- Flaws'