| TD: Inclusion of Accurate CWE and CPE in CVE Notices

Inclusion of Accurate CWE and CPE in CVE Notices, v1.0

Specifies requirements in accordance with the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design Pledge, published by the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Requires an organization to include accurate common weakness enumeration (CWE) and common platform enumeration (CPE) fields in every common vulnerability and exposure (CVE) record that it publishes about its products and services.

Assessment Step

1 Inclusion of Accurate CWE and CPE in CVE Notices (InclusionofAccurateCWEandCPEinCVENotices) Does the organization include accurate common weakness enumeration (CWE) and common platform enumeration (CPE) fields in every common vulnerability and exposure (CVE) record that it publishes about its products and services? Artifact A1 Provide evidence (e.g. organizational policies, procedures, compliance/assessment reports, etc.) and supporting notes as appropriate to support the assessor's response to this assessment step.

Conformance Criteria (1)

Inclusion of Accurate CWE and CPE in CVE Notices The organization must include accurate common weakness enumeration (CWE) and common platform enumeration (CPE) fields in every common vulnerability and exposure (CVE) record that it publishes about its products and services. Citation SBDP (doc)

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https://artifacts.trustmarkinitiative.org/lib/tds/inclusion-of-accurate-cwe-and-cpe-in-cve-notices/1.0/

Publication Date

2025-05-15

Issuing Organization

TMI (https://trustmarkinitiative.org/) View Contact

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Keywords

Secure by Design, Secure by Default, Software Security, Cybersecurity, DHS, CISA, Vulnerabilities, Vulnerability Reporting, Vulnerability Disclosure, VDP, CVE

Issuance Criteria

yes(ALL)

Target Recipient

Providers of enterprise software products and services – including on-premises software, cloud services, and software as a service (SaaS) – that want to demonstrate alignment with the principles and practices articulated by the DHS CISA Secure-by-Design initiative.

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Sources (1)

SBDP	Secure-by-Design Pledge. https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/cisa-secure-design-pledge. Sourced May 2025.

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