National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cvehistory API
The Cvehistory API from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) — 1 operation(s) for cvehistory.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: NIST NVD CVE Cvehistory API
description: The National Vulnerability Database (NVD) CVE API provides programmatic access to CVE records, CVSS metrics, weakness (CWE) data, and configuration information for security vulnerabilities.
version: '2.0'
contact:
name: NIST National Vulnerability Database
url: https://nvd.nist.gov/developers
license:
name: Public Domain
servers:
- url: https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json
description: NVD production REST endpoint
security:
- apiKey: []
tags:
- name: Cvehistory
paths:
/cvehistory/2.0:
get:
summary: Retrieve CVE change history
description: Returns the change history of CVE records, including modifications to descriptions, references, configurations, and CVSS metrics.
operationId: getCveHistory
parameters:
- name: cveId
in: query
description: Returns the change history for a single CVE.
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: changeStartDate
in: query
description: Filter changes that occurred on or after this date (ISO 8601).
required: false
schema:
type: string
format: date-time
- name: changeEndDate
in: query
description: Filter changes that occurred on or before this date (ISO 8601).
required: false
schema:
type: string
format: date-time
- name: resultsPerPage
in: query
description: Number of change records to return per page (max 5000).
required: false
schema:
type: integer
default: 5000
maximum: 5000
- name: startIndex
in: query
description: Zero-based offset into the result set.
required: false
schema:
type: integer
default: 0
responses:
'200':
description: Paginated CVE change history response.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CveHistoryResponse'
tags:
- Cvehistory
components:
schemas:
CveHistoryResponse:
type: object
properties:
resultsPerPage:
type: integer
startIndex:
type: integer
totalResults:
type: integer
format:
type: string
version:
type: string
timestamp:
type: string
format: date-time
cveChanges:
type: array
items:
type: object
securitySchemes:
apiKey:
type: apiKey
in: header
name: apiKey
description: Optional API key obtained from https://nvd.nist.gov/developers/request-an-api-key. Increases rate limits.