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Glossary: Security+ Exam Prep 3: Practice Exams

CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures)

Also written: CVE, CVE ID

The system that gives each publicly known vulnerability a unique ID, such as CVE-2021-44228, so everyone names a flaw the same way.

Where the book teaches it

Related terms

CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System)KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities) catalog