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security patch

nounid 4073·updated Aug 30, 2026
verified· unreviewed

Computer code intended to repair or lessen the impact of vulnerabilities within application software.

MWE

Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems1 citation · 1 machine-matched · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
03.04.08.c ¶ 1

Classifications

Entity Type

Control0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

Regulated85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
security-related patch
plural
security patches
possessive
security patch's
pluralpossessive
security patches'

Framework definitions

NERC CIP-010-2 (Config Change Management & Vulnerability) v21 senseview framework →
§1
Computer code intended to repair or lessen the impact of vulnerabilities within application software.
NERC CIP-007-6 (System Security Management) v61 senseview framework →
§1
Computer code intended to repair or lessen the impact of vulnerabilities within application software.
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · attested_usage_pack_match
No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.
Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Computer code intended to repair or lessen the impact of vulnerabilities within application software.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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