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Glossary: Security Fundamentals

CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures)

Also written: CVE, CVE ID, CVE record

The public ID for one known vulnerability, written as CVE, the year and a number, such as CVE-2021-44228 for Log4Shell. The list is published at cve.org, and each record is a JSON file on GitHub.

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Related terms

CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System)CWE (Common Weakness Enumeration)CNA (CVE Numbering Authority)KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)Vulnerability