Maintenance Hook
nounid
3195·updated May 12, 2026candidate
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.
MWE
Classifications
Entity Type
Vulnerability0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
Sensitivity
Regulated75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Information Class
Cui65%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Variants
- plural
- Maintenance Hooks
- possessive
- Maintenance Hook's
- pluralpossessive
- Maintenance Hooks'
Framework definitions
- §1
- 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.
- §1
- 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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