# CVE Search MCP Server (`vulnv/cve-search`) Actor

Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for searching and retrieving CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) information from the CVE-Search API. Provides tools to search CVEs by vendor, product, CVE ID, and get latest vulnerabilities with CAPEC, CWE and CPE expansions.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/vulnv/cve-search.md
- **Developed by:** [VulnV](https://apify.com/vulnv) (community)
- **Categories:** AI, Integrations, MCP servers
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

### 🔍 CVE Search MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) data through AI assistants. Connect to vulnerability databases to search for security information.

### What it does

This MCP server provides access to:

- All vendors in the CVE database
- Products associated with specific vendors
- Vulnerabilities for vendor/product combinations
- Detailed information about specific CVE IDs
- Latest CVE entries with CAPEC, CWE and CPE data
- Database status and update information

### Available tools

| Tool | Function | Parameters |
|------|----------|------------|
| `vul_vendors` | Get all vendors | None |
| `vul_vendor_products` | Get products for a vendor | vendor (string) |
| `vul_vendor_product_cve` | Get CVEs for vendor/product | vendor (string), product (string) |
| `vul_cve_search` | Get CVE details | cve\_id (string) |
| `vul_last_cves` | Get recent CVEs | number (integer, default: 5) |
| `vul_db_update_status` | Get database status | None |

### Usage examples

Ask your AI assistant questions like:

- "What vendors are in the CVE database?"
- "Show products for Microsoft"
- "Find vulnerabilities for Apache Tomcat"
- "Get details for CVE-2024-1234"
- "Show the last 10 CVEs"

### Setup

Add to your MCP client configuration:

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "cve-search": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://vulnv--cve-search.apify.actor/mcp?token=%3CYOUR%20AUTH%20TOKEN%3E"
        }
    }
}
```

### Data source

Uses the CVE-Search API (https://cve.circl.lu/) which provides access to the official CVE database with additional CAPEC, CWE, and CPE information.

### Explore More Actors

✨ **Looking for something else?** Check out more actors on Apify that can help with your web automation and data extraction needs. Discover a wide range of tools tailored for different scenarios at 🌐 [Explore Vulnv's Actors on Apify](https://apify.com/vulnv).

📧 For inquiries or support, feel free to reach out to us at apify@vulnv.com.

# Actor input Schema

## Actor input object example

```json
{}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("vulnv/cve-search").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("vulnv/cve-search").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call vulnv/cve-search --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,vulnv/cve-search"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/5MtgXZU2g73QhOZLZ/builds/uGJopoWeolQmRDKX2/openapi.json