Mission and Overview
NVD is the U.S. government repository of standards based
vulnerability management data. This data enables automation of vulnerability management,
security measurement, and compliance (e.g. FISMA).
Resource Status
NVD contains:
Last updated: 09/15/08
CVE Publication rate:
11
vulnerabilities / day
Email List
NVD provides four mailing lists to the public. For information and subscription instructions please visit
NVD Mailing Lists
Workload Index
Vulnerability
Workload Index:
6.66
About Us
NVD is a product of the NIST Computer Security Division
and is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security’s
National Cyber Security Division. It supports the U.S. government
multi-agency (OSD, DHS,
NSA, DISA,
and NIST) Information Security Automation Program. It is the U.S. government content
repository for the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP).
NVD Announcement and Discussion Lists
How to Subscribe
Below are the four discussion lists provided by NVD. Please subscribe to the below lists by selecting the "Subscribe" hyperlink
located to the right of each list. The "Subscribe" hyperlink will open your email client with a pre-populated message,
simply send the message in order to subscribe. You will then receive an email confirmation of your request. Please see the bottom of this
page for
manual subscription instructions as well as
troubleshooting information.
NVD Announcements List
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The NVD staff maintain a mailing list for sending out announcements regarding
NVD developments. The list is extremely low volume and subscribers
should expect to receive only a few e-mails a year. We appreciate the
opportunity to keep you updated on recent developments.
Checklist/SCAP Announcements List
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The NVD staff maintain a mailing list for sending out announcements regarding
the Security Content Automation Protocol (
SCAP), the National Checklist Program
(
NCP), and the SCAP Validation Program. The list is extremely low
volume and subscribers should expect to receive only a few e-mails a year.
We appreciate the opportunity to keep you updated on recent developments.
SCAP Discussion List
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The NVD staff maintain a moderated discussion list that users can post to, regarding
the Security Content Automation Protocol (
SCAP). This list is moderate
in volume.
XCCDF Discussion List
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The NVD staff maintain a moderated discussion list that users can post to, regarding the
Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format (
XCCDF). This list is moderate in volume.
Manual Subscription Process
To manually subscribe to an NVD mailing list please follow the instructions below:
- Open a blank email message and enter "listproc@nist.gov in the 'To' field.
- In the body of the email type 'subscribe' followed by the specific mailing list name. For example, in order to subscribe to
the NVD Announcements mailing list the text "subscribe nvdupdate" must appear in the body of the email message. Below is a listing
of the official NVD mailing list names:
- nvdupdate - NVD Announcements List
- scap-update - Checklist/SCAP Announcements List
- scap-dev - SCAP Discussion List
- xccdf-dev - XCCDF Discussion List
- Ensure that there are no spaces or carriage returns following the body of the pre-populated email message.
- Send message
Troubleshooting
Please ensure that there are no spaces or carriage returns following the body of the pre-populated email message. Extra spaces or carriage returns will usually
result in the following error: "
You attempted to subscribe to or unsubscribe from a mailing list ("mailing-list-name=20") that that is not hosted by this system"
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