vulnerable
adj.adj. easy to hurt or attack. You use this to describe people who need protection or systems that have a weakness.
adj. susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm; in a technical context, possessing a flaw that leaves a system open to exploitation.
The old wooden door makes the house vulnerable to burglars.
Without the latest security patch, the company's database remains vulnerable to external cyber attacks.
The charity provides essential support to vulnerable members of the community who lack access to stable housing or healthcare services.
From Late Latin vulnerābilis (“injurious, wounding”), from Latin vulnerō (“I wound”).
Often followed by the preposition 'to' when specifying the source of the threat.
vulnerable for the virusvulnerable to the virusThe adjective 'vulnerable' collocations with the preposition 'to', not 'for'.