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#3 CyberScoop general May 29, 2026 at 16:07 UTC

Federal audit reveals NIST’s NVD is plagued by poor planning and duplication

By Greg Otto

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A Commerce Inspector General audit found that NIST's National Vulnerability Database accumulated a backlog of 27,000 unprocessed security flaws due to poor planning and mismanagement, while simultaneously duplicating work with a parallel CISA program. This directly impacts vulnerability management workflows across the security industry, as practitioners rely on NVD for timely CVE enrichment.

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