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Note why not introduce the severity field
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* Machine-readable fields can still be used to retrieve additional information, e.g. query
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vulnerability databases for advisory URL or CPE product dictionary to get the human-readable
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product name.
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* As there is an open discussion about a severity field [[8]](https://github.com/certtools/intelmq/issues/2365),
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it's not a part of this IEP. However, if introduced, it can be used to mark the severity of a
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vulnerability.
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Thus, the following new fields are proposed:
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|Product | `product.vendor` | `LowercaseString` | Vendor name, recommended being as _vendor_ in the CPE format. | `openbsd` |
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| Product | `product.product` | `LowercaseString` | Product name, recommended being as the _product_ in the CPE format. | `openssh` |
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| Product | `product.version` | `LowercaseString` | Product version, recommended being as _version_ in the CPE format | `8.9` |
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| Product | `product.vulnerabilities` | `LowercaseString` | List of vulnerability IDs, separated by semicolons. It's recommended to use a CVE ID where available, and other easily retrievable IDs in other cases, e.g. Github Advisory Database ID [[8]](https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/security-advisories/working-with-global-security-advisories-from-the-github-advisory-database/browsing-security-advisories-in-the-github-advisory-database). Each vulnerability should only be listed once, and multiple values should be used if there are several different vulnerabilities. However, it's not necessary for a source to list all possible vulnerabilities for a given piece of software. | `cve-2023-38408;cve-2023-28531;cve-2008-3844;cve-2007-2768` |
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| Product | `product.vulnerabilities` | `LowercaseString` | List of vulnerability IDs, separated by semicolons. It's recommended to use a CVE ID where available, and other easily retrievable IDs in other cases, e.g. Github Advisory Database ID [[9]](https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/security-advisories/working-with-global-security-advisories-from-the-github-advisory-database/browsing-security-advisories-in-the-github-advisory-database). Each vulnerability should only be listed once, and multiple values should be used if there are several different vulnerabilities. However, it's not necessary for a source to list all possible vulnerabilities for a given piece of software. | `cve-2023-38408;cve-2023-28531;cve-2008-3844;cve-2007-2768` |
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This should only be added to the `event` schema.

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