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A flaw is a defect in software, hardware, system design, or configuration that causes unintended behavior. In security reporting, the term usually means a weakness that could violate confidentiality, integrity, or availability when reached through a particular interface, input, privilege, or operating condition. Not every flaw is exploitable, and exploitability depends on factors such as exposure, authentication requirements, affected versions, and available mitigations.
Flaws matter because they can create attack paths in applications, operating systems, devices, APIs, or administrative settings. Security teams assess their severity and exposure, prioritize remediation, apply patches or configuration changes, and use isolation or access controls when immediate fixes are unavailable. Code review, testing, vulnerability scanning, and monitoring can reveal flaws across the development and operational lifecycle. Reports should distinguish a confirmed vulnerability from a theoretical defect and provide enough technical detail to support validation without unnecessarily enabling exploitation.
Multiple high-severity security flaws have been disclosed as affecting Juniper Networks devices, some of which could be exploited to achieve code execution
Google on Thursday rolled out emergency fixes to contain an actively exploited zero-day flaw in its Chrome web browser
Without even asking for permissions, the newly discovered 'SiriSpy' flaw in Apple's iOS Bluetooth access could allow someone to access user interactions with Siri and keyboard-dictation audio.
Even if the security bug is not another Heartbleed, prepare like it might be, they note — it has potentially sprawling ramifications.
A now-patched security flaw in Apple's iOS and macOS operating systems could have potentially enabled apps with Bluetooth access to eavesdrop on conversations with Siri
Cisco has warned of active exploitation attempts targeting a pair of two-year-old security flaws in the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows
VMware on Tuesday shipped security updates to address a critical security flaw in its VMware Cloud Foundation product
Cisco warned customers today that two security vulnerabilities in the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows are being exploited in the wild. [...]
Cisco warned customers today that two security vulnerabilities in the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows are being exploited in the wild. [...]
A pair of Microsoft bugs allow cyberattackers to bypass native Windows Internet download security, says former CERT CC researcher who discovered the flaws.
Tech giant Apple on Monday rolled out updates to remediate a zero-day flaw in iOS and iPadOS that it said has been actively exploited in the wild
Two flaws in the popular developer cloud platform show how weaknesses in authorization functions and SaaS flaws can put cloud apps at risk.