unpatched

Meanings

adjectiveunpatched (not comparable)

not comparableNot fitted with patches.
ragged, unpatched jeans
not comparablecomputingFor which a patch is not yet available.
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.
not comparablecomputingNot patched; to which a patch has not been applied.
When working with kernel patches, it's a good idea to apply them to a clean, unpatched kernel.
2003, Derek Vadala, Managing RAID on Linux

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