# National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cves API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/nist/nist-cves-api/  
**Provider:** National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) — https://apis.io/providers/nist/  
**Base URL:** https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json  
**Documentation:** https://nvd.nist.gov/developers

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cves API is one of 5 APIs that [National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)](https://apis.io/providers/nist/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include CVEs. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

The Cves API from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) — 1 operation(s) for cves.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nist/refs/heads/main/openapi/nist-cves-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://nvd.nist.gov/developers/vulnerabilities
- **Authentication** — https://nvd.nist.gov/developers/request-an-api-key

## Other National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) APIs (4)

- [NIST Chemistry WebBook API](https://apis.io/apis/nist/nist-chemistry-webbook-api/)
- [NIST Data Gateway](https://apis.io/apis/nist/nist-data-gateway/)
- [NIST Time API](https://apis.io/apis/nist/nist-time-api/)
- [National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cvehistory API](https://apis.io/apis/nist/nist-cvehistory-api/)

## Tags

CVEs

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