vulnerability

English

Noun

vulnerability (countable and uncountable, plural vulnerabilities)

(uncountable) Susceptibility to attack or injury; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.
The country recognized their defence vulnerability after an airplane landed in front of the central square without any consequences.
(countable) a specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something.
(computing) a weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's security

Synonyms

vulnerableness

Antonyms

invulnerability

Related terms

vulnerable

Translations

state of being vulnerable

Catalan: vulnerabilitat f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 脆弱性 (zh) (cuìruòxìng)
Dutch: kwetsbaarheid (nl) f, zwakke plek f
Finnish: haavoittuvuus (fi)
French: vulnérabilité (fr) f
Galician: vulnerabilidade f
Georgian: დაუცველობა (daucveloba), მოწყვლადობა (moc̣q̇vladoba)
German: Verwundbarkeit (de) f
Greek: ευπάθεια (el) f (efpátheia), τρωτότητα f (trotótita)
Irish: leochaileacht f

Italian: vulnerabilità (it) f
Japanese: 脆弱性 (ja) (ぜいじゃくせい, zeijakusei)
Korean: 취약성 (chwiyakseong)
Manx: so-lhottaght f
Persian: آسیب‌پذیری‎ (âsib-paziri)
Portuguese: vulnerabilidade (pt) f
Romanian: vulnerabilitate (ro) f
Russian: уязви́мость (ru) f (ujazvímostʹ)
Spanish: vulnerabilidad (es) f
Swedish: sårbarhet (sv) c

specific weakness

Finnish: heikkous (fi)

Greek: αδυναμία (el) f (adynamía)

computing: type of weakness

Finnish: haavoittuvuus (fi)

Swedish: sårbarhet (sv) c

security vulnerability — see hole

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Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 脆弱性 (zh) (cuìruòxìng)

Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} נקודת תורפה‎