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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Cve Security Com Scoreboard API
version: 1.9.1
contact:
url: https://cve-security.com/api
license:
name: 'Scoreboard data: CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources retain their own licenses (see /sources).'
identifier: CC-BY-4.0
description: 'Operations tagged Scoreboard across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: cve-security-com-openapi.json, cve-security-com-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://cve-security.com
tags:
- name: Scoreboard
paths:
/api/scoreboard/{file}:
get:
operationId: getScoreboard
summary: Defender Scoreboard data (keyless, CC BY 4.0)
description: 'The published measurement of exploited vs detectable vs patchable, with the exact CVE list behind every figure. scoreboard.json carries each metric''s method and caveats; the CSVs are the evidence and always match the snapshot the live figures were computed from. Cite as: CVE Security Defender Scoreboard, cve-security.com/scoreboard.'
parameters:
- name: file
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- scoreboard.json
- kev_no_public_detection.csv
- kev_no_actionable_fix.csv
- ransomware_fixed_but_undetectable.csv
- kev_neither_detect_nor_fix.csv
- poc_public_no_fix.csv
responses:
'200':
description: The report (application/json) or a one-column cve_id CSV (text/csv)
'404':
description: Unknown file, body lists what is available
'503':
description: Not computed yet, retry later (Retry-After header)
tags:
- Scoreboard
servers:
- url: https://cve-security.com
components:
securitySchemes:
bearer:
type: http
scheme: bearer
description: 'Authorization: Bearer cvs_live_…'
apiKey:
type: apiKey
in: header
name: X-API-Key
description: Alternative to the Authorization header. Keys are never accepted in query strings.
x-refined-from:
- cve-security-com-openapi.json
- cve-security-com-openapi.yml