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title: Exposure assessment by CVE
description: Exposure assessment uses Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures \(CVEs\) to assess the exposure of your assets using the software discovery model. You can use the exposure assessment by CVE to identify exposure to potential vulnerabilities.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response-workspaces/vr-ws-exposure-assessment-cve.html
release: australia
product: Vulnerability Response Workspaces
classification: vulnerability-response-workspaces
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Exploring exposure assessment, Explore the Vulnerability Assessment Workspace, Vulnerability Response Workspaces, Unified Security Exposure Management, Security Operations]
---

# Exposure assessment by CVE

Exposure assessment uses Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures \(CVEs\) to assess the exposure of your assets using the software discovery model. You can use the exposure assessment by CVE to identify exposure to potential vulnerabilities.

For information on assessing exposure by CVE, see:

-   [Add CVEs to assess exposure](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response-workspaces/vr-ws-add-cve.md)
-   [Create VIs for CVEs for exposure assessment](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response-workspaces/vr-ws-create-vis-for-cves.md)
-   [Activate or deactivate CVEs for exposure assessment](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response-workspaces/vr-ws-activate-deactivate-cves.md)
-   [Export impacted CIs for exposure assessment](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response-workspaces/vr-ws-export-cis.md)
-   [Confidence score calculation example](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response-workspaces/vr-ws-cve-sample.md)