weakness
nounid
4647·updated May 12, 2026candidate
An exception noted in tests of properly designed internal controls that may indicate ineffectiveness. Management must consider the extent of a weakness in such cases. Weaknesses can be classified as a simple deficiency, significant deficiency, or a material weakness.
polysemous
Attested in
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Classifications
Entity Type
Vulnerability0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
Sensitivity
—80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Information Class
—90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Variants
- synonym
- failinghelplessnessimpuissance
- alternatephrasing
- Weakness
- plural
- weaknesses
- possessive
- weakness's
- pluralpossessive
- weaknesses'
Framework definitions
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
- §1
- A shortcoming or imperfection in software code, design, architecture, or deployment that, under proper conditions, could become a vulnerability or contribute to the introduction of vulnerabilities.
- §1
- An exception noted in tests of properly designed internal controls that may indicate ineffectiveness. Management must consider the extent of a weakness in such cases. Weaknesses can be classified as a simple deficiency, significant deficiency, or a material weakness.
- §1
- An exception noted in tests of properly designed internal controls that may indicate ineffectiveness. Management must consider the extent of a weakness in such cases. Weaknesses can be classified as a simple deficiency, significant deficiency, or a material weakness.
- §1
- the property of lacking physical or mental strength
- §2
- powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
- §3
- a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you
- §4
- a flaw or weak point
- §5
- the condition of being financially weak
- §1 · legacy_primary
- An exception noted in tests of properly designed internal controls that may indicate ineffectiveness. Management must consider the extent of a weakness in such cases. Weaknesses can be classified as a simple deficiency, significant deficiency, or a material weakness.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
Outgoing relationships
- related
- →vulnerabilitynoun
Incoming relationships
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