CVE

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Stands for: Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

A public catalogue entry that uniquely identifies one specific known vulnerability.

A CVE ID (like CVE-2021-44228) gives everyone a common name for a flaw, so advisories, scanners, and patches can refer to the same thing unambiguously. It is an identifier, not a severity; that is what CVSS adds.

Also known as: cve, common vulnerabilities and exposures

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