# NVD **Entity class:** Acronym and alias route **NVD** means the [[wiki/National Vulnerability Database|National Vulnerability Database]], NIST's machine-readable repository and enrichment layer for software and hardware vulnerability information. ## Relationships - **canonical entry:** [[wiki/National Vulnerability Database|National Vulnerability Database]]. - **architecture:** [[wiki/Continuous Vulnerability Intelligence|Continuous Vulnerability Intelligence]]. ## Sources / Provenance - National Institute of Standards and Technology, [National Vulnerability Database](https://www.nist.gov/itl/nvd), accessed 2026-09-23.