CVE Security

CVE Security Sightings.json API

The Sightings.json API from CVE Security — 1 operation(s) for sightings.json.

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GET /api/sightings.json Field sightings: CVEs a sensor network recorded recently #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Cve Security Com Sightings.json 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 Sightings.json 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: Sightings.json
paths:
  /api/sightings.json:
    get:
      operationId: getSightings
      summary: 'Field sightings: CVEs a sensor network recorded recently'
      description: 'CVEs that Shadowserver honeypots (cited by VulnCheck KEV and published as daily lists by CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup) or VulnCheck canary sensors recorded within the window, most sighting days first. Every row carries first and last sighting day, days sighted in the last 7 and 30, the sensors, KEV status, KEV Watch tier and the per-sensor detail. Presence per day, without volume; a sighting stays apart from the exploitation claims and from CISA KEV. Keyed; private-cacheable for 900s. Data attribution: VulnCheck KEV (community), CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup.'
      security:
      - bearer: []
      - apiKey: []
      parameters:
      - name: window
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          enum:
          - 7
          - 30
          default: 7
        description: Sighting window in days
      - name: kev
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - '0'
          - '1'
        description: Restrict to CVEs outside (0) or inside (1) CISA KEV; default both
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 500
          default: 100
      responses:
        '200':
          description: '{ generated, window_days, kev, shadowserver_as_of, count, attribution[], note, rows: [{cve_id, url, title, severity, cvss, epss, cisa_kev, kev_date, kev_watch_tier, detectable, sightings: {first, last, days_7d, days_30d, sensors[], detail}}] }'
        '503':
          description: Not built yet (builds nightly)
      tags:
      - Sightings.json
    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