KEV Checker

This tool retrieves and processes the latest CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) data. The data is stored in a CSV file and is processed using the pandas library.

Main Requirements

• Python 3
• pandas
• requests
• argparse

Installation

pip3 install --upgrade git+https://github.com/santosomar/kev_checker

Make an editable install if you want to make changes/enhancements to the code

git clone https://github.com/santosomar/kev_checker
cd kev_checker
pip3 install --upgrade -e .

Usage

kev-checker <search>

<search> can be either:

• a CVE ID in the format "CVE-YYYY-NNNNN"
• a vendor or open source project
• a product name (keyword search)
• or a date range in the format "YYYY-MM-DD:YYYY-MM-DD".

All input is case insensitive.

Examples

CVE ID

This command will retrieve and process the KEV data, and output all records that have a "cveID" field that matches "CVE-2023-21674".

kev-checker CVE-2023-21674

Output:

              cveID vendorProject  product  dateAdded
869  CVE-2023-21674     Microsoft  Windows 2023-01-10

Vendor or Open Source Project

This command will retrieve and process the KEV data, and output all records that have a "vendorProject" field that matches "Microsoft".

kev-checker openssl

Output:

             cveID vendorProject  product  dateAdded
658  cve-2014-0160       openssl  openssl 2022-05-04

Product

This command will retrieve and process the KEV data, and output all records that have a "product" field that matches "Cisco IOS XR products".

kev-checker "IOS XR"

Output:

              cveID vendorProject product
59    CVE-2020-3118         Cisco  IOS XR
60    CVE-2020-3566         Cisco  IOS XR
61    CVE-2020-3569         Cisco  IOS XR
564   CVE-2010-3035         Cisco  IOS XR
566   CVE-2009-2055         Cisco  IOS XR
662  CVE-2022-20821         Cisco  IOS XR

Time Range

This command will retrieve and process the KEV data, and output all records that have a "dateAdded" field within the range of January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023.

kev-checker 2023-01-01:2023-12-31

Output:

              cveID vendorProject                               product  dateAdded
868  CVE-2022-41080     Microsoft                       Exchange Server 2023-01-10
869  CVE-2023-21674     Microsoft                               Windows 2023-01-10
870  CVE-2022-44877           CWP                     Control Web Panel 2023-01-17
871  CVE-2022-47966          Zoho                          ManageEngine 2023-01-23
872  CVE-2017-11357       Telerik  User Interface (UI) for ASP.NET AJAX 2023-01-26
873  CVE-2022-21587        Oracle                      E-Business Suite 2023-02-02
874  CVE-2023-22952      SugarCRM                     Multiple Products 2023-02-02