Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
nounverified·updated Oct 7, 2026
An SCAP specification that provides unique, common names for publicly known information system vulnerabilities.
polysemousMWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
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NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
A dictionary of common names for publicly known information system vulnerabilities.
NIST SP 800-171r3acronym list
CVE: Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
Classifications
Entity Type
Technical Specification100%manual reviewI-079.framework_split
Ddorianclast reviewed —
Framework is split by kind (Dorian, 2026-10-07; cki DESIGN.md I-079)
Sensitivity
Public85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
?unassignedlast reviewed —
Information Class
—90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
?unassignedlast reviewed —
Variants
- acronym
- CVE
- possessive
- Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures's
- pluralpossessive
- Common Vulnerabilities and Exposureses'