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Current Version of CVE Record Format

Major changes to cve-schema repo architecture!! if you have integrations that rely on the cve-schema repo structure, please review the changes here. The latest version of the CVE JSON Record Format is 5.1.0. A single schema file with bundled dependencies is available here.

Note: The CVE Record Format now supports Authorized Data Publisher (ADP) containers there is one active ADP currently. The CVE Program uses a separate ADP container to provide additional CVE information (e.g., references) for some records. Access this README.md page here for more information about the CVE Program Container.

Note: Please refer to the CVE Services page here for known issues with the schema.

CVE Record Format Overview

cve-schema specifies the CVE Record Format. This is the blueprint for a rich set of JSON data that can be submitted by CVE Numbering Authorities (CNAs) and Authorized Data Publishers (ADPs) to describe a CVE Record. Some examples of CVE Record data include CVE ID number, affected product(s), affected version(s), and public references. While those specific items are required when assigning a CVE, there are many other optional data in the schema that can be used to enrich CVE Records for community benefit.

Learn

Learn more about the CVE program at: https://www.cve.org/

This CVE Record Format is defined using JSON Schema. Learn more about JSON Schema at: https://json-schema.org/ .

Latest

The latest version of the CVE Record Format is 5.1.0. It is specified in the JSON schema at https://github.com/CVEProject/cve-schema/blob/master/schema/CVE_Record_Format.json

A single schema file with bundled dependencies is at https://github.com/CVEProject/cve-schema/blob/master/schema/docs/CVE_Record_Format_bundled.json

Documentation and Guidance

Documentation about this format is available at https://cveproject.github.io/cve-schema/schema/docs/

A mindmap version of the CVE Record structure is at https://cveproject.github.io/cve-schema/schema/docs/mindmap.html

More details about Product and Version Encodings in the CVE Record Format are at https://github.com/CVEProject/cve-schema/blob/master/schema/docs/versions.md

Examples

A basic example of a full record in the 5.1.0 format with minimally required fields is available at https://github.com/cveproject/cve-schema/blob/master/schema/docs/full-record-basic-example.json

An advanced example of a full record in the 5.1.0 format is available at https://github.com/cveproject/cve-schema/blob/master/schema/docs/full-record-advanced-example.json

A basic example of a cnaContainer, to be used with CVE Services, is available at https://github.com/cveproject/cve-schema/blob/master/schema/docs/cnaContainer-basic-example.json

An advanced example of a cnaContainer, to be used with CVE Services, is available at https://github.com/cveproject/cve-schema/blob/master/schema/docs/cnaContainer-advanced-example.json