2024 CVE Data Review

2024 brought unprecedented growth in CVE data, so I figured it would be appropriate to start the new year by exploring these statistics and highlighting some of the more intriguing data points. CVEs By The Numbers We ended 2024 with 40,009 published CVEs, up over 38% from the 28,818 CVEs published in 2023. CVEs By Month Month … Read more

Celebrating 25 Years of CVE’s

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program, launched in late October 1999, has not only marked its presence but has become a pivotal force in shaping how we perceive and manage cybersecurity threats. A Journey Through Time The CVE program emerged as a beacon, standardizing how vulnerabilities are identified, shared, and mitigated. From its inception … Read more

Who Is Going To Enrich CVEs?

The Last 100+ Days The NVD posted the notice below on its webpage in mid-February. Since then, nearly 13,000 CVEs have not been enriched with CWE, CVSS, and CPE data.  The vulnerability management community was told that it would be addressed at Vulncon this year. At the conference, we were told the enrichment would restart … Read more

Predicting CVEs in 2024

Every year, I get asked, “How many CVEs do you think will be published this year?“ I am always willing to take a guess, but last year, I read Time Series Forecasting in Python. As I started to read more about the Kalman Filter, I figured it would work great for predicting CVE growth, so … Read more

2023 CVE Data Review

2023 marked another year of record growth in CVE data, and I thought it fitting to kick off the new year by delving into these statistics and showcasing some of the more interesting data points. CVEs By The Numbers We ended 2023 with 28,902 published CVEs, up over 15% from the 25,081 CVEs published in … Read more