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Empirical Security CVEs API

Retrieve CVE detail, scores, malware hashes and history.

Empirical Security CVEs API is one of 3 APIs that Empirical Security publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include CVEs. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 6 operations across 6 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://app.empiricalsecurity.com/api.

6 operations 6 paths 5 schemas 6 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://app.empiricalsecurity.com/api
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Empirical Security CVEs API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 1 scope. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • oauth2 — OAuth 2.0 client credentials flow via FusionAuth. Exchange client ID/secret (HTTP Basic) for a one-hour JWT access token, then send it as a Bearer token.

Paths & Operations 6

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 6 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

CVEs 6

Retrieve CVE detail, scores, malware hashes and history.

GET
/cves/{cve_id}
Retrieve a CVE by identifier
getCve 1 param → 200401404500
GET
/cves/{cve_id}/malware
Retrieve malware hashes for a CVE
getCveMalware 2 params → 200401404
GET
/cves/{cve_id}/critical_indicators
Retrieve critical indicators for a CVE
getCveCriticalIndicators 1 param → 200401404
GET
/cves/{cve_id}/score_history
Retrieve score history for a CVE
getCveScoreHistory 2 params → 200401404
GET
/cves/{cve_id}/history
Retrieve CVE change history
getCveHistory 1 param → 200401404
GET
/cves/all
Retrieve all CVEs
getAllCves → 302202401

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Cve (6 properties), Score (3 properties), MalwareHash (3 properties), ScoreHistory (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Cve
object
6 properties
MalwareHash
object
3 properties
ScoreHistory
object
2 properties
Score
object
3 properties
Error
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

empirical-security-cves-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Empirical Security publishes across the network.

Empirical Security CVE Groups API
Empirical Security Search API