Glossary

COMMON VULNERABILITIES AND EXPOSURES / CVE
defined.

A glossary of publicly disclosed information security vulnerabilities, each with a unique CVE-YYYY-NNNNN identifier.

A–Z

What is Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)?

Maintained by MITRE and managed via CNAs (CVE Numbering Authorities). Searching for CVEs assigned to a vendor or product is the first step in vulnerability triage. NVD enriches CVEs with CVSS scoring and CPE product mapping.

Where this shows up.

See our web application penetration testing, API security testing, network penetration testing, and cloud security audit services for how we test for and defend against this class of issue.

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