CVE Security Scoreboard API

The Scoreboard API from CVE Security — 1 operation(s) for scoreboard.

Operations 1

GET /api/scoreboard/{file} Defender Scoreboard data (keyless, CC BY 4.0) #

Work with this as data

Every API here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.

MCP server

One button, every client — Claude, Cursor, VS Code and the rest.

https://apis.io/mcp

Tools for apis

7 MCP tools reach this
  • find_apisBrowse and filter every API in the catalog.
  • get_api_artifactsOne API's artifacts, grouped by type.
  • get_openapiThe primary OpenAPI for this API.
  • find_similar_apisAPIs that look like this one.
  • apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
  • resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
  • find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.
All 92 tools →

Call it yourself

curl for this page
This API
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/apis/cve-security-com:cve-security-com-scoreboard-api"
All apis
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/apis?limit=25"

Calls without X-API-Key need no key. Calls with it need a paid plan — get a key.

Get an API key

Free tier, no form to fill in. Signing in shares your email address with us — we store it to create your key and to recognise you if you sign in with another provider. See our Privacy Policy and Terms.

A second provider on the same verified email joins the account you already have.

OpenAPI Specification

cve-security-com-scoreboard-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
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