You can access the CVE Vulnerability Search: NVD records with exploit status programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "cveIds": ["CVE-2021-44228"],
10    "lastDays": 30,
11}
12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
14run = client.actor("bepolabs/cve-vulnerabilities").call(run_input=run_input)
15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
17print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
18for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
19    print(item)
20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

NVD Vulnerability Lookup for Security Teams API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use CVE Vulnerability Search: NVD records with exploit status API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

CVE Vulnerability Search: NVD records with exploit status API in JavaScript

CVE Vulnerability Search: NVD records with exploit status API through CLI

CVE Vulnerability Search: NVD records with exploit status OpenAPI definition

CVE Vulnerability Search: NVD records with exploit status API

CVE-to-PoC Mapper

huntersreeni/cve-poc-mapper

Maps CVEs to publicly available Proof-of-Concept code. Scrapes GitHub, ExploitDB, and NVD to answer: is there a working exploit, which versions are affected, and is a patch available?

Sreenivasan S

NVD CVE Vulnerability Search

ryanclinton/nvd-cve-vulnerability-search

NVD CVE Vulnerability Search queries the NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD) REST API v2.0 to retrieve detailed information about Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs). The NVD is the U.S.

Ryan Clinton

NVD CVE Vulnerability Crawler

jungle_synthesizer/nvd-cve-crawler

Crawl 250K+ CVE records from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Extract CVSS v3.1 scores, severity ratings, attack vectors, affected products (CPE), CWE weaknesses, and exploit/patch status. Filter by keyword, severity, vendor, and date range.

BowTiedRaccoon

CVE Vulnerability Monitor (NVD)

agentictools/cve-vulnerability-monitor

Search and monitor CVE vulnerabilities from the NVD by keyword, product, severity, or date, with CVSS scores and references.

Ken Agland

NVD Critical CVE & KEV Vulnerability API

koalastuff/nvd-cve-vulnerability-monitor

Search NIST NVD CVEs by product, date, CVSS severity, CWE, CVE ID, or CISA KEV status. Export normalized cybersecurity vulnerability data for SOC teams.

Timo Schmidt

Security Vulnerability Tracker (CVE)

scrapemint/cve-vulnerability-tracker

Track software security vulnerabilities from the US government NVD: search CVEs by keyword, vendor, product and severity, each row with CVSS score, CISA known-exploited flag and EPSS exploit probability. Monitor mode for new CVEs. No API key.

Ken M

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CVE Vulnerability Lookup

perryay/cve-vulnerability-lookup

Look up known vulnerabilities (CVEs) for software by name and version. Queries the NIST NVD database to find security issues affecting your tech stack.

Perry AY

CVE Vulnerability Intelligence Monitor

glowing_glove/cve-vulnerability-intelligence-monitor

Search public CVE data by software keyword and return severity, affected products, publication dates, descriptions, and security monitoring signals.

Ushba Khan

CVE Risk Prioritizer, from NVD, CISA KEV and EPSS data

br_data_hub/cve-risk-prioritizer

One row per CVE built from public NVD (CVSS, CWE, affected products), CISA KEV (exploited, due date, ransomware) and FIRST EPSS data, with an explainable patch priority.