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May 29, 2026 at 16:07 UTC
Federal audit reveals NIST’s NVD is plagued by poor planning and duplication
By Greg Otto
AI Summary
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.
Relevance score: 83.0/100
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