NVDlib is a Python library that allows you to interface with the NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), pull vulnerabilities (CVEs), and Common Platform Enumeration (CPEs) into easily accessible objects.
- Search the NVD for CVEs using all parameters allowed by the NVD API (recently updated to utilize version 2 of the API). Including search criteria such as CVE publish and modification date, keywords, severity, score, or CPE name.
- Search CPE names by keywords, CPE match strings, or modification dates. Then pull the CVE ID's that are relevant to those CPEs.
- Retrieve details on individual CVEs, their relevant CPE names, and more.
- Built in rate limiting according to NIST NVD recommendations.
Get an API key (https://nvd.nist.gov/developers/request-an-api-key) to allow for a delay argument to be passed. Otherwise it is 6 seconds between requests by default.
$ pip install nvdlib>>> import nvdlib
>>> r = nvdlib.searchCVE(cveId='CVE-2021-26855')[0]
>>> print(r.v31severity + ' - ' + str(r.v31score))
CRITICAL - 9.8
>>> print(r.descriptions[0].value)
Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-26412,
CVE-2021-26854, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, CVE-2021-27065, CVE-2021-27078.
>>> print(r.v31vector)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Run the tests with
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For more information on the NIST NVD API for CPE and CVEs, see the documentation here: https://nvd.nist.gov/General/News/New-NVD-CVE-CPE-API-and-SOAP-Retirement
This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.