--- title: NIST Proposes AI-Enabled NVD Overhaul After Cutting... description: NIST has opened a public Request for Information on modernizing the National Vulnerability Database and disclosed an unreleased AI tool called V-etalon,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/nist-proposes-ai-enabled-nvd-overhaul-after-cutting-routine-cve-enrichment-w5jgcrqqz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: NIST Proposes AI-Enabled NVD Overhaul After Cutting Routine CVE Enrichment | daily.dev og:description: NIST has opened a public Request for Information on modernizing the National Vulnerability Database and disclosed an unreleased AI tool called V-etalon,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/nist-proposes-ai-enabled-nvd-overhaul-after-cutting-routine-cve-enrichment-w5jgcrqqz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/W5jgCRqqZ.png og:image:alt: NIST Proposes AI-Enabled NVD Overhaul After Cutting Routine CVE Enrichment og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # NIST Proposes AI-Enabled NVD Overhaul After Cutting Routine CVE Enrichment **[Socket](https://daily.dev/sources/socketdev)** · 10 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary NIST has opened a public Request for Information on modernizing the National Vulnerability Database and disclosed an unreleased AI tool called V-etalon, intended to help enrich vulnerability data. The announcement follows years of vague automation promises, a federal audit finding no strategic plan or workable backlog strategy, and NIST's April decision to stop routinely enriching most CVEs. NVD dashboard data shows 42,353 CVEs are now 'Not Scheduled' for enrichment, nearly 14 times the combined active enrichment queues. NIST has given no release date, architecture, or evaluation details for V-etalon, and comments on the RFI are due October 13, 2026. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why did NIST stop enriching most CVEs in the National Vulnerability Database? NIST abandoned its goal of analyzing every CVE in April 2026 because submissions had grown 263% between 2020 and 2025 while enrichment capacity could not keep pace. It now prioritizes CVEs in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, software used by the federal government, and software designated critical under Executive Order 14028, placing others in 'Not Scheduled' status. _Track how NVD enrichment gaps affect vulnerability triage workflows on daily.dev._ ### What is NIST's V-etalon AI tool for vulnerability enrichment? V-etalon is an unreleased AI-enabled tool NIST says it has begun developing to aid in enriching vulnerability information, and possibly serve as a foundation for evaluating vulnerability data. No release date, repository, documentation, architecture, or evaluation results have been disclosed, and NIST has not specified whether it will generate CVSS scores, identify CWEs, or build CPE applicability statements. _Follow daily.dev for updates once V-etalon's code and benchmarks become available._ ### How large is the NVD's CVE enrichment backlog as of August 2026? As of August 17, 2026, the NVD had received 53,115 new CVEs that year and enriched only 30,531. The database listed 42,353 CVEs as 'Not Scheduled' for enrichment, compared with just 2,426 'Awaiting Enrichment' and 623 'Undergoing Enrichment', meaning unscheduled records outnumbered active enrichment queues nearly 14 to 1. _Security teams weighing NVD data gaps can follow enrichment backlog trends on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [NIST Enrichment Reductions Impact CVE Coverage, Accuracy](https://daily.dev/posts/nist-enrichment-reductions-impact-cve-coverage-accuracy-fthy2krrj) · Dark Reading · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [NVD in the AI Era: Multi-Source Vulnerability Intelligence](https://daily.dev/posts/nvd-in-the-ai-era-multi-source-vulnerability-intelligence-6fw0srlao) · Snyk · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [AI Is Accelerating Vulnerability Discovery. 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