FAQ

CVEs play a central role in vulnerability management. They provide a common language for all cybersecurity stakeholders to track and document vulnerabilities, which allows for prioritizing patches, automating analyses, and structuring security monitoring. Without CVEs, each vendor or researcher could describe a vulnerability differently, making coordination complex.

They are also used by vulnerability scanning tools, SIEMs, SOCs, and CISOs to establish incident response policies. Their global adoption ensures that vulnerabilities are identifiable and that defenses can be activated more quickly and in a coordinated manner.

The CVSS score measures the intrinsic severity of a vulnerability, but not its actual exploitation, nor its relevance in a given environment. For example, a flaw may have a high score but be difficult to exploit in your infrastructure, or conversely, an average flaw may target a critical, unsegmented system.

For a more accurate risk assessment, it is important to integrate complementary indicators, such as:

• The EPSS score (probability of actual exploitation)
• Membership in the KEV list (confirmed exploitation)
• The business or technical context of the affected environment

Thus, the CVSS should be seen as an indicator of severity, not a complete measure of risk.