# Flaw

- [[security]]
- [[push]] [[defect]]
- a human action or design problem that creates a potential problem in a system
- different kinds
  - plain wrong: implementation differs from spec
  - incomplete: implementation misses one or more reqs
  - extra: implementation includes extra functionality
  - error: subtle mistake, misconception, misunderstanding, etc
  - bug: coding error (typo, off-by-one, leak)