National Vulnerability Database Contact Information

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:

38171	CVE Vulnerabilities
128	Checklists
178	US-CERT Alerts
2344	US-CERT Vuln Notes
2517	OVAL Queries

Last updated: 08/12/09

CVE Publication rate:

15 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: 8.76

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 Contact Information

General questions, comments, or suggestions:
nvd@nist.gov

Incident Response Assistance and Non-NVD Related Technical Cyber Security Questions:
US-CERT Security Operations Center
Email: soc@us-cert.gov
Phone: 1-888-282-0870

Federal Desktop Core Configuration Support:
Website: http://fdcc.nist.gov
Email: fdcc@nist.gov

National Checklist Program Manager:
Website: http://checklists.nist.gov
Email: checklists@nist.gov

National Vulnerability Database Operations Manager:
Website: http://nvd.nist.gov
Email: nvd@nist.gov

NIST ITL Cyber Security Program
Tim Grance, 301-975-4242
NIST, Computer Security Division, Information Technology Laboratory

DHS Project Manager:
Ron Ford
DHS National Cyber Security Division (US-CERT Contact Information)