CVEDB API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Shodan CVEDB API
  description: >-
    Shodan's CVEDB is a free vulnerability database API that supports
    CVE lookups, CPE-keyed vulnerability search, KEV filtering, EPSS
    ordering, date-range queries, and product-name search. No API key
    required; updated daily.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Shodan Support
    email: [email protected]
    url: https://cvedb.shodan.io/
  license:
    name: Shodan API Terms of Service
    url: https://www.shodan.io/legal/tos
servers:
  - url: https://cvedb.shodan.io
    description: Production
tags:
  - name: CVE
  - name: CPE
paths:
  /cve/{cveId}:
    get:
      tags: [CVE]
      summary: Get CVE Details
      operationId: getCve
      description: Retrieve detailed information for a specific CVE including descriptions, CVSS, EPSS, KEV status, references, and impacted CPEs.
      parameters:
        - name: cveId
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            pattern: '^CVE-\d{4}-\d{4,}$'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: CVE record.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: { $ref: '#/components/schemas/Cve' }
        '404':
          description: CVE not found.
  /cves:
    get:
      tags: [CVE]
      summary: Search CVEs
      operationId: searchCves
      description: Search the CVE catalog by CPE 2.3, product, KEV status, EPSS ordering, or date range.
      parameters:
        - name: cpe23
          in: query
          schema: { type: string }
          description: Filter by CPE 2.3 identifier (e.g. `cpe:2.3:a:nginx:nginx:1.21.0`).
        - name: product
          in: query
          schema: { type: string }
          description: Filter by product name.
        - name: is_kev
          in: query
          schema: { type: boolean }
          description: Restrict to CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities.
        - name: sort_by_epss
          in: query
          schema: { type: boolean }
          description: Sort results by EPSS score, highest first.
        - name: start_date
          in: query
          schema: { type: string, format: date }
        - name: end_date
          in: query
          schema: { type: string, format: date }
        - name: skip
          in: query
          schema: { type: integer, default: 0 }
        - name: limit
          in: query
          schema: { type: integer, default: 1000 }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: CVE list.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  cves:
                    type: array
                    items: { $ref: '#/components/schemas/Cve' }
  /cpes:
    get:
      tags: [CPE]
      summary: Search CPEs
      operationId: searchCpes
      description: Retrieve CPE 2.3 dictionary entries matching the given product.
      parameters:
        - name: product
          in: query
          required: true
          schema: { type: string }
        - name: count
          in: query
          schema: { type: boolean, default: false }
        - name: skip
          in: query
          schema: { type: integer, default: 0 }
        - name: limit
          in: query
          schema: { type: integer, default: 1000 }
      responses:
        '200':
          description: CPE entries.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  cpes:
                    type: array
                    items: { $ref: '#/components/schemas/Cpe' }
components:
  schemas:
    Cve:
      type: object
      properties:
        cve_id: { type: string }
        summary: { type: string }
        cvss: { type: number }
        cvss_version: { type: string }
        cvss_v2: { type: number }
        cvss_v3: { type: number }
        epss: { type: number }
        ranking_epss: { type: number }
        kev: { type: boolean }
        propose_action: { type: string }
        ransomware_campaign: { type: string }
        references:
          type: array
          items: { type: string, format: uri }
        published_time: { type: string, format: date-time }
        cpes:
          type: array
          items: { type: string }
    Cpe:
      type: object
      properties:
        cpe23: { type: string }
        vendor: { type: string }
        product: { type: string }
        version: { type: string }