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NIST to stop rating non-priority flaws due to volume increase

📅 19 April 2026 at 14:17 UTC📰 Bleeping ComputerView original source ↗
NIST to stop rating non-priority flaws due to volume increase

The National Institute of Standards and Technology will stop assigning severity scores to lower-priority vulnerabilities due to the growing workload from rising submission volumes. [...]

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🔍Threat Overview

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will no longer assign severity scores to lower-priority vulnerabilities due to the growing volume of submissions, prioritizing analysis for high-risk issues.

⚙️Technical Details
Affected Systems
U.S. federal government software
Attack Vectors
critical software as per Executive Order 14028
💥Impact Assessment
Severity: high
Who Is at Risk
U.S. federal government agencies and organizations using affected software
🛡️Recommended Actions
1Monitor NIST NVD for updates on prioritized vulnerabilities
2Implement regular vulnerability scanning and patch management
3Prioritize remediation of high-risk CVEs identified by NIST
📦Affected Products
software and hardware affected by Executive Order 14028

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