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Red Hat Enterprise Linux CVEs API

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures data

Red Hat Enterprise Linux CVEs API is one of 5 APIs that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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, authentication docs, and a GitHub repository.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata.

2 operations 2 paths 2 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.access.redhat.com/management/v1
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

CVEs 2

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures data

GET
/cve.json
List CVEs
listCVEs 6 params → 200
GET
/cve/{cveId}.json
Get CVE
getCVE 1 param → 200404

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CVEDetail (11 properties), CVESummary (11 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CVESummary
object
Summary CVE record returned in list operations
11 properties
CVEDetail
object
Full CVE detail record
11 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

rhel-cves-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Red Hat Enterprise Linux publishes across the network.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisories API
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OVAL API
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Subscriptions API
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Systems API