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asset vulnerability

nounid 1533·updated May 9, 2026
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A weakness in any of the organization's property of material value or usefulness or physical layout that could be accidentally triggered or intentionally exploited by a threat in order to gain unauthorized access to information or disrupt processing.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Vulnerability95%rule-basedr:entity.vulnerability.cve.v1

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
asset vulnerabilities
possessive
asset vulnerability's
pluralpossessive
asset vulnerabilities'

Framework definitions

NIST Cybersecurity Framework1 senseview framework →
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A weakness in any of the organization's property of material value or usefulness or physical layout that could be accidentally triggered or intentionally exploited by a threat in order to gain unauthorized access to information or disrupt processing.

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