About Cisa Kev
Cisa Kev is an MCP server for querying CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. It provides catalog entries, vendor lists, and recently added vulnerabilities, with one-hour in-pack caching.
Key features
- 01Retrieve the full KEV catalog
- 02Look up an entry by CVE ID
- 03List vendors in the catalog
- 04Find entries added within a time range
- 05Cache data for one hour
Use cases
- 01Check whether a CVE appears in KEV
- 02Review required actions and dates for an entry
- 03Track newly added exploited vulnerabilities
MCP support
Exposes CISA KEV catalog, entry, vendor, and recent-entry tools to MCP clients. It can be used through the Pipeworx gateway or as a local stdio MCP server.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://gateway.pipeworx.io/cisa-kev/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http pipeworx-io-cisa-kev https://gateway.pipeworx.io/cisa-kev/mcp{"mcpServers":{"pipeworx-io-cisa-kev":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/cisa-kev/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"pipeworx-io-cisa-kev":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/cisa-kev/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"pipeworx-io-cisa-kev":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/cisa-kev/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"pipeworx-io-cisa-kev":{"serverUrl":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/cisa-kev/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
Details
From the project README@pipeworx/cisa-kev
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog MCP — actively exploited CVEs with required-action dates. Keyless. Cached 1h in-pack.
Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1875+ live data sources. This is an independent, unofficial integration — not affiliated with, endorsed by, or published by the upstream provider.
Tools
catalog()— full KEV catalog (metadata + entries)entry(cve_id)— single KEV entry by CVE idvendors()— list distinct vendors with entriesrecent(days)— entries added in the last N days
Data source
https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json
Quick Start
Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):
{
"mcpServers": {
"cisa-kev": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/cisa-kev/mcp"
}
}
}
What this endpoint actually serves
tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/cisa-kev/mcp returns the tools in the table
above plus the shared Pipeworx meta-tools — ask_pipeworx,
discover_tools, search_within, remember/recall and the rest of the
gateway-wide set. So the tool count you see is larger than this table: a
single-pack endpoint currently lists roughly 30 shared tools alongside the
pack's own. The connection's initialize response states its exact scope, and
is the authoritative answer for a given day.
This is deliberate, not multiplexing by accident. The meta-tools are what let a
scoped connection answer a question this pack does not cover — via
ask_pipeworx, which routes across the whole catalog — without you adding a
second MCP server. There is currently no way to mount a pack endpoint without
them; if the extra schemas cost you more context than the routing is worth,
connect to the full gateway once rather than to several pack endpoints.
Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway to get every pack's tools listed directly, instead of just this one's:
{
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
}
}
}
Both URLs reach the same gateway and the same 1875+ data sources. The
only difference is which pack's tools are listed directly; ask_pipeworx
reaches all of them from either one.
No MCP client? Call it over HTTP
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/catalog \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{}'
No account needed for the first calls. Inspect any tool: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/catalog. Find one: POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_packs with {"query":"..."}.
Standalone (no gateway account)
This package also runs as a local stdio MCP server — no Pipeworx account, no gateway round-trip:
{
"mcpServers": {
"cisa-kev": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-cisa-kev"]
}
}
}
Or run it directly to confirm it starts:
npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-cisa-kev
It speaks MCP over stdin/stdout and answers initialize/tools/list/tools/call
for only this pack's tools — none of the shared meta-tools the gateway
connection above adds. Same source, same tools, no ask_pipeworx routing.
Using with ask_pipeworx
Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English — this works on the pack endpoint above as well as on the full gateway:
ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Cisa Kev data" })
The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.
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License
MIT
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