New Global Open Source Vulnerability Database Launched

The Global CVE (GCVE) initiative has launched a new open and freely accessible vulnerability advisory database. According to the announcement, “the platform aggregates and correlates vulnerability information from more than 25 public sources, including GCVE GNA (Numbering Authority) sources and other established vulnerability databases.”

The GCVE database, which is maintained by the Computer Incident Response Center Luxembourg (CIRCL), provides a public web interface, a public API, and open data dumps for offline analysis. It also provides compatibility with existing CVEs through a backward-compatible ID scheme.

The platform is powered by vulnerability-lookup, an open source project also maintained by CIRCL, that implements the Best Current Practices defined by the GCVE initiative.

By bringing together data from public sources, the GCVE vulnerability database “helps reduce fragmentation and improves visibility across the global vulnerability landscape,” the announcement says.

Learn more at GCVE.