Common Vulnerability Scoring System
nounverified·updated Oct 7, 2026
An SCAP specification for communicating the characteristics of vulnerabilities and measuring their relative severity.
MWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Senses
NIST SP 800-171r3acronym list
CVSS: Common Vulnerabilit y Scoring System
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
—85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
?unassignedlast reviewed —
Information Class
—90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
?unassignedlast reviewed —
Variants
- acronym
- CVSS
- plural
- Common Vulnerability Scoring Systems
- possessive
- Common Vulnerability Scoring System's
- pluralpossessive
- Common Vulnerability Scoring Systems'