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FIRST EPSS Scores API

Scores cover publicly disclosed CVEs and update daily; the historical archive begins 2021-04-14. The API is intended for one CVE or a small batch, accepts at most 2,000 characters in the CVE filter, returns up to 10,000 records per page and is limited to 1,000 public requests per minute.

Open api.first.org
Signal Scoredraft model
93
Access
No key · none
20
Licence clarity
Provider terms · terms linked
13
Evidence
6 source links checked
20
Freshness
verified 2026-11-01
20
Documentation
docs · limits · coverage · attribution
20

// Terms and limits

Access
none
Free tier
No registration. The public API permits 1,000 requests per minute and up to 10,000 records per response page; the CVE filter is limited to 2,000 characters. FIRST directs bulk users to the daily CSV.
Rate limits
1,000 requests per minute on public endpoints
Licence
Provider termsterms
Licence note
FIRST publishes EPSS scores free of charge and grants a limited licence to copy and distribute service content for vulnerability disclosure, incident response or preventative cybersecurity uses. FIRST requests attribution in publications or products.
Attribution
Requested: "Attribution is requested when EPSS data is used in publications or products."

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-01

  1. 01www.first.org/epss/data
  2. 02www.first.org/epss/using-epss
  3. 03www.first.org/epss/faq
  4. 04api.first.org/epss
  5. 05api.first.org/
  6. 06api.first.org/data/v1/epss?limit=1

// Good for

cyber-threatvulnerabilitiesriskthreat-inteltime-series

// The same record, for agents

Request · get_entry
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "first-epss"
    }
  }
}
Reply · selected fields
{
  "name": "FIRST EPSS Scores API",
  "slug": "first-epss",
  "domain": "Cyber Threat",
  "type": "Dataset",
  "badge": "Free",
  "auth": "none",
  "rateLimits": "1,000 requests per minute on public endpoints",
  "license": "Provider terms",
  "licenseUrl": "https://www.first.org/about/policies/terms",
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-01",
  "evidenceUrls": [
    "https://www.first.org/epss/data",
    "https://www.first.org/epss/using-epss",
    "https://www.first.org/epss/faq",
    "https://api.first.org/epss",
    "https://api.first.org/",
    "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?limit=1"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    "cyber-threat",
    "vulnerabilities",
    "risk",
    "threat-intel",
    "time-series"
  ],
  "providerUrl": "https://api.first.org/epss"
}

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