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by mike_d 841 days ago
> because they are inputs into other processes

CVEs should never be the input to anything except a triage pipeline, which in turn feeds other processes. If you don't have a competent pair of eyeballs (either internally or from a vendor) looking at CVEs with the context of how the impacted product is used in your organization, all you are doing is busy work.

Almost all end user organizations (not software vendors, OS distributors, etc) should pretend CVEs don't exist. Blindly apply all your OS and software patches within 24 hours of them being available and be done with it. You are much more likely to suffer a business loss as the result of a vulnerability than you are a patch application.