About CVE Explained
CVE Explained is a media property of Rietta, dedicated to actionable insights on security vulnerabilities and remediation actions. Rietta is the cybersecurity and digital accessibility audit firm Frank Rietta founded in 1999, and this site carries forward its news and educational mission: to make significant vulnerabilities understandable to the people who have to decide what to do about them.
What This Site Is
Every CVE explainer here covers one vulnerability (or a closely related cluster) with:
- A plain-English explanation of what the vulnerability actually is and why it matters
- The severity tier and CVSS scoring in context, not just a number
- A direct, upfront remediation call: what to do, and how urgently
- Links to the primary sources — NVD, CVE.org, the vendor’s own advisory, and CISA where relevant — so readers can verify the record themselves
What This Site Is Not
We are not trying to be a complete CVE feed. Dozens of vulnerabilities are published every day, and most of them do not need Rietta’s commentary added to a database entry that already exists. We write about the CVEs that are actually significant, either because of how widely the affected software is deployed, how severe the impact is, or because the existing public guidance is thin, confusing, or getting misread. The goal is judgment applied on top of the primary sources, not a mirror of them.
Who Writes This
CVE explainers on this site are written by Frank Rietta, Founder & CEO of Rietta, Inc., and Rietta associates, credited individually on each post. See Frank’s full bio for background and credentials.
More From Rietta
For security commentary beyond individual CVEs, see the Rietta on Security newsletter and the Rietta Blog, Frank’s cybersecurity and software blog since 2005.