# NVD

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/nvd/  
**Website:** https://nvd.nist.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 6

The National Vulnerability Database (NVD) provides REST APIs for CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) data, CPE (Common Platform Enumeration) records, match criteria, and source organizations. APIs deliver vulnerability descriptions, CVSS severity scores, affected product lists, CWE classifications, and reference links for security monitoring and dependency alerting.

## Kin Score — 36.9 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 36.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 68.8 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 5.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 33.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 23.7 |
| Access Clarity | 23.7 |

## Agent readiness — 46.4 (agent-native)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | verified |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (6)

- **National Vulnerability Database API** — The National Vulnerability Database (NVD) provides REST and RSS/Atom APIs for CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) data. APIs deliver vulnerability descriptions, CVSS seve...
- **NVD CPE API** — Common Platform Enumeration product dictionary
- **NVD CPE Match API** — CVE-to-product match criteria
- **NVD CVE API** — Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures records
- **NVD CVE Change History API** — CVE record modification tracking
- **NVD Sources API** — NVD data source organizations

## Agentic access (1)

- **Nvd Agentic Access** — 5 operations

## Security (2)

- **Nvd Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Nvd Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Nvd Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Security, CVE, CPE, Vulnerability, CVSS

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/nvd/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.