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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cvehistory API

The Cvehistory API from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) — 1 operation(s) for cvehistory.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cvehistory API is one of 5 APIs that National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 2.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json.

1 operations 1 paths 1 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
2.0
Base URL
https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json
Authentication
API Key
License
Public Domain
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cvehistory API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as apiKey (apiKey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apiKey — Optional API key obtained from https://nvd.nist.gov/developers/request-an-api-key. Increases rate limits.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Cvehistory 1
GET
/cvehistory/2.0
Retrieve CVE change history
getCveHistory 5 params → 200

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is CveHistoryResponse (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CveHistoryResponse
object
7 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nist-cvehistory-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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