National Institute of Standards and Technology

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name: National Institute of Standards and Technology
description: NIST promotes U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and
  technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life. NIST operates the National Vulnerability
  Database (NVD), which provides public APIs for CVE, CVE change history, and CPE records.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
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  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: true
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
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  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
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created: '2024-12-03'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
- Cybersecurity
- Federal-Government
- Standards
- Technology
- Vulnerabilities
tags_raw:
- Cybersecurity
- Federal Government
- Standards
- Technology
- Vulnerabilities
apis:
- aid: national-institute-of-standards-and-technology:national-institute-of-standards-and-technology-cpe-api
  name: National Institute of Standards and Technology CPE API
  description: Common Platform Enumeration
  humanURL: https://nvd.nist.gov/developers
  baseURL: https://services.nvd.nist.gov
  tags:
  - CPE
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-institute-of-standards-and-technology-cpe-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://nvd.nist.gov/developers
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://nvd.nist.gov/developers/vulnerabilities
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://nvd.nist.gov/developers/products
- aid: national-institute-of-standards-and-technology:national-institute-of-standards-and-technology-cve-api
  name: National Institute of Standards and Technology CVE API
  description: Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
  humanURL: https://nvd.nist.gov/developers
  baseURL: https://services.nvd.nist.gov
  tags:
  - CVE
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-institute-of-standards-and-technology-cve-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://nvd.nist.gov/developers
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://nvd.nist.gov/developers/vulnerabilities
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://nvd.nist.gov/developers/products
- aid: national-institute-of-standards-and-technology:national-institute-of-standards-and-technology-cve-history-api
  name: National Institute of Standards and Technology CVE History API
  description: CVE change history events
  humanURL: https://nvd.nist.gov/developers
  baseURL: https://services.nvd.nist.gov
  tags:
  - CVE History
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/national-institute-of-standards-and-technology-cve-history-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://nvd.nist.gov/developers
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://nvd.nist.gov/developers/vulnerabilities
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://nvd.nist.gov/developers/products
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/national-institute-of-standards-and-technology-capability-edges.yml
  name: National Institute of Standards and Technology Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/national-institute-of-standards-and-technology-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/national-institute-of-standards-and-technology-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/national-institute-of-standards-and-technology-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/usnistgov
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nist
- type: Website
  url: https://www.nist.gov/
- type: Portal
  url: https://nvd.nist.gov/developers
- type: Documentation
  url: https://nvd.nist.gov/developers/vulnerabilities
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/rss.xml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com