vulnerability

English

Etymology

From vulnerable +‎ -ability.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌvʌln(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪti/

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• (proscribed) IPA^(key): /ˌvʌn(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪti/
• Rhymes: -ɪlɪti
• Hyphenation: vul‧ner‧a‧bil‧i‧ty

Noun

vulnerability (countable and uncountable, plural vulnerabilities)

1. (uncountable) The state of being vulnerable; susceptibility to attack or injury, either physical or emotional; 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.

   • 2019, Bridget Sweet, Thinking Outside the Voice Box, page 71:

     Again, voice change is not easy and vulnerability plays a big part, but if choral teachers and adolescent singers approach it with the right mindframe, the experience can be empowering, enlightening, and restorative for all involved.

2. (countable) A specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something.
3. (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

• Belarusian: уразлі́васць f (urazlívascʹ)
• Bulgarian: уязви́мост (bg) f (ujazvímost)
• Catalan: vulnerabilitat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 脆弱性 (zh) (cuìruòxìng)

• Czech: zranitelnost (cs) f
• 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, Verletzbarkeit f, Verletzlichkeit f, Vulnerabilität (de) f
• Greek: ευπάθεια (el) f (efpátheia), τρωτότητα (el) 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)
• Macedonian: ранливост f (ranlivost)
• Manx: so-lhottaght f
• Persian: آسیب‌پذیری‎ (âsib-paziri)
• Polish: wrażliwość (pl) f
• Portuguese: vulnerabilidade (pt) f
• Romanian: vulnerabilitate (ro) f
• Russian: уязви́мость (ru) f (ujazvímostʹ), рани́мость (ru) f (ranímostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ра̀њиво̄ст f

  Roman: rànjivōst (sh) f

• Slovak: zraniteľnosť f
• Slovene: ranljivost f
• Spanish: vulnerabilidad (es) f
• Swedish: sårbarhet (sv) c
• Turkish: yaralanabilirlik
• Ukrainian: уразли́вість f (urazlývistʹ)

specific weakness

• Finnish: heikkous (fi)
• Galician: vulnerabilidade f
• Greek: αδυναμία (el) f (adynamía)
• Spanish: vulnerabilidad (es) f

computing: type of weakness

• Catalan: vulnerabilitat f
• Finnish: haavoittuvuus (fi)
• French: vulnérabilité (fr) f
• Galician: vulnerabilidade f
• German: Schwachstelle (de) f, Sicherheitslücke (de) f
• Italian: vulnerabilità (it) f
• Japanese: 脆弱性 (ja) (ぜいじゃくせい, zeijakusei)
• Portuguese: vulnerabilidade (pt) f
• Romanian: vulnerabilitate (ro) f
• Russian: уязви́мость (ru) (ujazvímostʹ)
• Spanish: vulnerabilidade f
• Swedish: sårbarhet (sv) c
• Turkish: yaralanabilirlik

security vulnerability — see hole

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• Chinese:

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

• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} נקודת תורפה‎