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NIST Halts NVD Enrichment for Lowest-Priority CVEs as Submission Volume Surges 263% — Vulnerability Management Impact
NIST has announced it will no longer provide full CVSS scoring, CPE matching, and CWE classification for the lowest-priority tier of CVE submissions in the NVD. The change, driven by a 263% surge in annual CVE volumes since 2024, means thousands of CVE records will remain in an unenriched 'DEFERRED' state — with no CVSS score, no affected product mapping, and no severity rating. Enterprise vulnerability management programmes that rely on NVD as their authoritative source must adapt their workflows immediately.
NIST Ends Full NVD Enrichment — What It Means for Your Vulnerability Management Programme
NIST has announced it will no longer enrich every CVE record in the National Vulnerability Database, shifting to a risk-based model that prioritises only the most critical submissions. With CVE volumes up 263% since 2020 and the NVD backlog now officially unresolvable, security teams that rely on NVD CVSS scores and CPE data for vulnerability prioritisation must urgently adapt their tooling and workflows.