# Vulners

> Use this tool when you need to identify and assess vulnerabilities in software and systems, as it provides access to a comprehensive database of 4M+ security bulletins, enabling CVE lookups, vulnerability searches, and software version auditing. It solves problems related to security research, vulnerability assessments, and compliance, allowing users to input CVE IDs, Lucene queries, or software versions and receive detailed vulnerability information as output. Ideal for security researchers and developers, Vulners is useful when conducting vulnerability scans, auditing Linux packages, or discovering CPEs.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/vulners  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/vulners

## Description

Provides access to the Vulners vulnerability database with 4M+ security bulletins. Enables CVE lookups, full-text vulnerability searches using Lucene syntax, software version auditing, Linux package vulnerability scanning, and CPE discovery. Designed for security researchers and developers conducting vulnerability assessments.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** database
- **Updated:** 2026-04-25

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/vulners)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/vulnerscom/vulners-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "vulners"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/vulners` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/vulners/pull`

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