NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD)

Name: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Creator: US National Institute of Standards and Technology
License: https://api.ai-analytics.org/license

Dataset · US National Institute of Standards and Technology · primary source ↗

Full CVE catalog with CVSS v3 scores, CWE codes, and affected-product CPEs. ~240k CVEs lifetime.

Source agency

US National Institute of Standards and Technology

License / terms

Source-specific terms

API endpoint

/api/v1/nvd/recent

Keywords

NISTNVDCVECVSSvulnerabilityCWE

Provenance

Every record in this dataset can be traced back to its primary source at https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0. Source-specific terms apply. US federal employee-authored works are generally public domain under 17 USC 105; non-federal and third-party material retains source terms. Free or keyless access does not alter source terms. AI Analytics-authored metadata and normalization are CC0 only where expressly stated.

For agents

JSON-LD: Accept: application/ld+json
API spec: /openapi.json
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