vulnerabilities

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.
   • Near-synonym: weakness

   Synonyms:

   vulnerableness, weakness

   Antonyms:

   invulnerability

2. (countable) A specific weakness in the protections or defences that (literally or figuratively) surround someone or something.
   • Near-synonyms: flaw, weakness, liability

   Synonyms:

   flaw, weakness, liability

   1. A weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's security.
      • Experts told CNN it could take weeks to address the vulnerabilities and that suspected Chinese hackers are already attempting to exploit it.2021 December 13, Sean Lyngaas, “US warns hundreds of millions of devices at risk from newly revealed software vulnerability”, in CNN