Mapping the Root Causes of CVEs

“ We Speak CVE ” podcast host Shannon Sabens chats with CVE™ / CWE™ Project Lead Alec Summers and CWE Top 25 task lead/ CWE Root Causes Mapping Working Group lead Connor Mullaly about the importance of mapping CVE Records (vulnerabilities) to their technical root causes using Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) . Additional topics include the benefits of RCM for CVE Numbering Authorities (CNAs) and consumers of CVE data, Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) and other vulnerability metadata and their differences with CWE, the CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses list, and the tools and guidance available to improve the RCM process (e.g., examples of mappings and best practices on the CWE website , mapping usage labels on CWE entry pages on the website, the RCM WG , and an LLM tool), and more.

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Mapping the Root Causes of CVEs is an episode from We Speak CVE by CVE Program.

This episode is 23:51 long.

This episode was published on Aug 5, 2025.

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