Unpatched

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not fitted with patches. not-comparable

    "ragged, unpatched jeans"

  2. 2
    For which a patch is not yet available. not-comparable

    "2007, Harris et al, Gray Hat Hacking: The Ethical Hacker's Handbook Microsoft is actually pretty good about warning users about active attacks abusing unpatched vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer."

  3. 3
    Not patched; to which a patch has not been applied. not-comparable

    "When working with kernel patches, it's a good idea to apply them to a clean, unpatched kernel."

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"2007, Harris et al, Gray Hat Hacking: The Ethical Hacker's Handbook Microsoft is actually pretty good about warning users about active attacks abusing unpatched vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer."

Etymology

From un- + patched.

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