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CVE Numbering Authority
ibm IBM Corporation
- Country
- USA
- Organization type
- Vendor, Open Source
- Program role
- CNA
- Root
- mitre
- Scope
- All IBM branded products (IBM will confirm support status and notify researcher).
87.78/100 over 1,289 records
in the last 180 days
· 57.5/100 over 8,065 all-time
The rules, last 180 days
Share of the records earning each credit, and the points it is worth.
Describe: can a reader tell what the vulnerability is?
23.06 / 25Description
An English description that is not a placeholder: full credit from 200 characters, 0.7 from 80, 0.4 from 40, none below.
82% · 8.22/10
Title
A title.
100% · 5.0/5
Cwe
A weakness as a CWE identifier in problemTypes; a free-text problem type without one earns a quarter.
98% · 9.84/10
Scope: can a reader tell whether they are affected?
24.98 / 25Affected
An affected entry naming both a vendor and a product; one side missing or 'n/a' earns half.
100% · 10.0/10
Versions
An affected entry stating versions, as a version or a bound; a defaultStatus alone earns half.
100% · 8.0/8
Cpe
A CPE on an affected entry, or a cpeApplicability block.
100% · 6.98/7
Assess: can a reader tell how bad it is?
14.77 / 25Severity
A severity statement in the CNA container: a CVSS v3 or v4 vector, an SSVC decision, or a vendor rating as an 'other' metric. A CVSS v2 vector alone earns half.
98% · 14.77/15
Modern severity
A CVSS v4 vector or an SSVC decision.
0% · 0.0/5
Impacts
An impacts entry (a CAPEC identifier or an impact description).
0% · 0.0/5
Act: can a reader tell what to do about it?
24.98 / 25References
At least one reference.
100% · 7.0/7
Reference tags
At least one reference carrying tags.
100% · 5.0/5
Remediation
A reference tagged 'patch'; one tagged 'vendor-advisory', 'mitigation' or 'release-notes' earns 0.6.
100% · 7.99/8
Solutions
A solution or a workaround.
100% · 4.99/5
Context, not score
- Severity supplied by an ADP
- 2% (20 records)
- Weakness supplied by an ADP
- 2% (21 records)
- No severity statement
- 2%
- Descriptions under 100 characters
- 1%
- Known exploited
- 1
- Reservation to publication
- median 34.0 days · p90 120.3 days
- Rejected records
- 0
Score per publication year
| 2026 | 87.82 | 1,491 |
| 2025 | 83.79 | 606 |
| 2024 | 75.72 | 504 |
| 2023 | 72.1 | 414 |
| 2022 | 58.14 | 406 |
| 2021 | 56.59 | 605 |
| 2020 | 56.04 | 565 |
| 2019 | 56.63 | 489 |
| 2018 | 47.13 | 644 |
| 2017 | 40.42 | 677 |
| 2016 | 23.2 | 368 |
| 2015 | 23.28 | 309 |
| 2014 | 23.58 | 448 |
| 2013 | 23.56 | 388 |
| 2012 | 24.46 | 151 |
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