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Glossary: Vulnerability, Asset and Change Management

CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures)

Also written: CVE, CVEs, CVE ID

The public ID system for known vulnerabilities, such as CVE-2024-6387. Scanners compare what they find against CVE databases.

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Related terms

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