CVE Search
cve_searchFilter and discover vulnerabilities by product, vendor, severity, date range, EPSS, CWE, CVSS, or CISA KEV status. Returns essential fields per CVE.
Instructions
Search CVE database with filters: product/vendor, severity, published date range, EPSS score, CWE, CVSS range, CISA KEV status. Default response is SLIM per-result (cve_id, summary, severity, cvss_v3, cwe_id, epss, kev, total_products, published, modified, sources) — pass include='full' for description, cvss_breakdown, affected_products, references, first_seen_*. Verdict (sources_queried, falsifiable_fields, completeness, data_age) is at the response root — applies to the whole batch, not per-row. Product/vendor filters are EXACT NVD-canonical-token matches (not the common name — e.g. nginx is 'nginx_open_source'/'nginx_plus', vendor 'f5'); a low/zero count for a well-known product means the token differs, so for dependency/package lists use check_dependencies and for a domain's whole stack tech_stack_cve_audit (both auto-normalize tokens). Use for vulnerability discovery by criteria; pass cwe_id (e.g. CWE-79) to enumerate every CVE in our database mapped to a weakness — pair with cwe_lookup for the category description and mitigations. Use cve_lookup for single CVE by ID, kev_detail when kev=true filtering and the agent needs federal patch deadlines per result. Response carries a global hint pointing at cve_lookup — drill into any returned cve_id for full detail and chained pivots (exploit_lookup, kev_detail, cwe_lookup). Free: 30/hr, Pro: 500/hr. Returns {count, total, truncated, offset, summary, results, query_echo, next_offset, verdict, hint}.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| kev | No | If true, return only CVEs in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog — these are actively exploited in the wild. | |
| sort | No | Sort order for results. Must be one of: published_desc (newest first), epss_desc (most exploitable first), cvss_desc (most severe first). Omit for newest first (default=published_desc). | |
| limit | No | Maximum results to return. Range: 1-200. | |
| cwe_id | No | Filter by CWE weakness ID. Exact match, case-insensitive. Common values: CWE-79 (XSS), CWE-89 (SQL injection), CWE-120 (buffer overflow), CWE-78 (command injection). Format: CWE-<number>. Omit to not filter by CWE. | |
| offset | No | Skip N results for pagination. Use with limit to page through results. | |
| vendor | No | Filter by vendor name (case-insensitive). When combined with product, both must match the same CPE row — prevents cross-row false matches. Example: vendor=apache, product=struts. | |
| include | No | Per-result detail level. Default (omit) returns slim list items (cve_id, summary, severity, cvss_v3, cwe_id, epss, kev, total_products, published, modified, sources). Pass 'full' to also return description, cvss_breakdown, affected_products, references, first_seen_source, first_seen_at — only do this when the user explicitly wants drill-down on every result. Even with 'full', per-result affected_products and references may be truncated (the per-result total_products/total_references report the honest counts); use cve_lookup for the guaranteed-complete per-CVE lists. For single-CVE detail prefer cve_lookup; slim default keeps token cost ~70% lower on Log4j-class queries. Note: verdict is at the response root, not per-row (was deduplicated to save ~40% payload). | |
| product | No | Product or vendor token to filter by. EXACT match (case-insensitive) against the NVD-canonical CPE product/vendor token — NOT substring/fuzzy, and NOT necessarily the common project name. Common names, vendor renames, and build-tool artifact ids often differ from the canonical token (e.g. modern nginx CVEs are under 'nginx_open_source'/'nginx_plus', vendor 'f5', not 'nginx'; Maven 'log4j-core' maps to 'log4j'). A low or zero count for a well-known product usually means the token differs — do NOT assume coverage is complete. For dependency/package lists prefer check_dependencies, and for a domain's whole tech stack tech_stack_cve_audit (both auto-normalize tokens). A product match means CVEs exist for that product, not that a specific running version is affected — verify the running version is within each CVE's affected range. Omit to search all products. | |
| cvss_max | No | Maximum CVSS v3 base score (0.0-10.0). Default 10.0 = no filter (sentinel, not applied). Set < 10.0 to filter — CVEs with null CVSS are excluded when active. Combine with cvss_min for a range. | |
| cvss_min | No | Minimum CVSS v3 base score (0.0-10.0). Default 0.0 = no filter (sentinel, not applied). Set > 0 to filter — CVEs with null CVSS are excluded when active. Use 7.0 for high+critical, 9.0 for critical only. | |
| epss_min | No | Minimum EPSS score filter (0.0-1.0). EPSS predicts exploitation probability. 0.5 = top ~5% most likely to be exploited. 0.0 = no filter. | |
| severity | No | CVSS severity level. Must be one of: CRITICAL, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW. Omit for all severities. | |
| published_after | No | Inclusive lower bound on publish date as YYYY-MM-DD (UTC). Pick this when the user names a starting point, e.g. 'since 2015' → '2015-01-01', 'after March 2024' → '2024-03-01'. Omit to not bound the lower edge. Combine with published_before for ranges. | |
| published_before | No | Inclusive upper bound on publish date as YYYY-MM-DD (UTC). Pick this when the user names an ending point, e.g. 'before 2020' → '2019-12-31', 'up to 2023' → '2023-12-31'. Omit to not bound the upper edge. Combine with published_after for ranges. |
Output Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | Yes |