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title: Exposure assessment by publisher software
description: Assess exposure for zero-day vulnerabilities, when Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures \(CVEs\) for the asset or configuration item is unavailable. It uses the software information to assess exposure, using the software discovery model.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response-workspaces/vr-ws-exposure-publisher.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 publisher software

Assess exposure for zero-day vulnerabilities, when Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures \(CVEs\) for the asset or configuration item is unavailable. It uses the software information to assess exposure, using the software discovery model.

For information on assessing exposure by software, see:

-   [Add software by a publisher for exposure assessment](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response-workspaces/vr-ws-add-publisher.md)
-   [Create VIs for software by a publisher for exposure assessment](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response-workspaces/vr-ws-create-vis-for-publisher.md)
-   [Activate or deactivate software by a publisher for exposure assessment](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response-workspaces/vr-ws-activate-deactivate-publisher.md)
-   [Export impacted CIs for software by a publisher in the Vulnerability Assessment workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response-workspaces/vr-ws-export-cis-publisher.md)