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Why CVSS Alone Fails for Patching: KEV + EPSS Prioritization

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

CVSS measures theoretical severity but not real-world exploitation. CISA's KEV list and FIRST's EPSS score use active threat data to prioritize patches. A tool like VulnPilot combines these metrics to cut triage from hours to seconds.

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The article makes a solid case for supplementing CVSS with exploit intelligence, but the real challenge is getting teams to adopt a new workflow, not just a new metric.
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