CVE-Search MCP Server: Security Intelligence for Your AI Workflow

Stop context-switching to web browsers when you need CVE data. This MCP server brings comprehensive vulnerability intelligence directly into your AI coding environment, letting you query the CVE-Search database without leaving your IDE.

The Security Research Bottleneck

You're deep in code review, security assessment, or dependency analysis when you need to check a CVE. The usual flow: pause your work, open a browser, navigate to CVE databases, search, parse results, then context-switch back to your editor. By then, you've lost your flow state and forgotten half the context.

The CVE-Search MCP server eliminates this friction by making vulnerability data a first-class citizen in your AI-assisted development workflow.

Direct CVE Access in Your AI Environment

This server connects your AI coding assistant (Cline, Roo Code, etc.) directly to the CVE-Search API, giving you instant access to:

• Complete vendor and product catalogs - Query the entire CVE database structure
• Specific vulnerability details - Get comprehensive CVE data by ID with CVSS scores, descriptions, and references
• Latest threat intelligence - Access the most recent 30 CVEs with CAPEC, CWE, and CPE expansions
• Targeted vulnerability searches - Find all CVEs affecting specific vendor/product combinations
• Database status information - Check when vulnerability data was last updated

Real-World Security Workflows

During Code Review: Your AI assistant can instantly pull CVE details when it spots a questionable dependency version, giving you context about specific vulnerabilities without breaking your review flow.

Security Assessment: Ask your AI to check all CVEs for a specific product stack. Get comprehensive vulnerability reports generated directly in your chat interface, complete with severity scores and mitigation references.

Dependency Analysis: When evaluating third-party libraries, your AI can cross-reference vendor/product data against known vulnerabilities, helping you make informed security decisions in real-time.

Incident Response: Get immediate access to CVE details, affected systems, and reference materials when investigating security incidents, all within your existing development environment.

Installation That Respects Your Workflow

git clone https://github.com/roadwy/cve-search_mcp.git
cd cve-search_mcp
uv sync

Add to your MCP client configuration:

"cve-search_mcp": {
  "command": "uv",
  "args": ["--directory", "/path/to/cve-search_mcp", "run", "main.py"],
  "disabled": false
}

That's it. Your AI assistant now has direct access to the CVE-Search database.

Why This Matters for Security-Conscious Developers

Manual CVE lookups break concentration and slow down security analysis. This server turns vulnerability research into a natural part of your AI-assisted development process. Instead of switching contexts to gather security intelligence, you can maintain focus while your AI assistant handles the data retrieval and analysis.

The server taps into CVE-Search's comprehensive database, giving you access to the same vulnerability data that security professionals rely on, but integrated directly into your development workflow.

Perfect for security researchers, DevSecOps engineers, and any developer who needs quick access to vulnerability intelligence without the friction of traditional CVE databases.