Shadowserver

get_shadowserver_cve_activity

Returns daily Shadowserver honeypot observations for a single CVE over a configurable look-back window. Use this tool to understand how actively a vulnerability is being scanned or exploited across the internet. Costs 1 credit.

POST
tools/call

Cost: 1 credit per successful call  ·  Response shape: jsonb

Parameters

cve_idstringrequired

CVE identifier. Must match ^CVE-[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{4,7}$. The value is uppercased server-side, so cve-2024-3094 is accepted.

daysintegeroptionaldefault 30

Number of days to look back. Accepted range: 1–90.

Example invocation

Ask your agent: "Show me the Shadowserver honeypot activity for CVE-2024-3094 over the last 60 days."

curl -s https://api.edgeprotect.io/functions/v1/mcp \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EDGEPROTECT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_shadowserver_cve_activity","arguments":{"cve_id":"CVE-2024-3094","days":60}}}'

Response

{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2024-3094",
  "days": 60,
  "summary": {
    "cve_id": "CVE-2024-3094",
    "vendor": "xz",
    "product": "xz-utils",
    "severity": "Critical",
    "cvss": 10.0,
    "cisa_kev": true,
    "iot": false,
    "vulnerability_class": "Supply Chain",
    "first_seen": "2024-04-02",
    "last_seen": "2026-05-17",
    "connections_total": 841203,
    "connections_7d": 29841,
    "connections_30d": 118204,
    "connections_90d": 312900,
    "action_priority": "Immediate",
    "epss_score": 0.9732,
    "epss_percentile": 0.9991,
    "nvd_published": "2024-03-29",
    "summary_as_of": "2026-05-17"
  },
  "observations": [
    { "observation_date": "2026-05-17", "unique_ips": 188 },
    { "observation_date": "2026-05-16", "unique_ips": 172 },
    { "observation_date": "2026-05-15", "unique_ips": 161 }
  ],
  "generated_at": "2026-05-18T10:24:31.118Z"
}

The full MCP envelope (including _meta.edgeprotect with request_id, credits, and response_truncated) is described in Response Format.

Response fields

Field Type Description
cve_id string The CVE identifier as stored (uppercased).
days integer The look-back window used for this query.
summary object or null Aggregate statistics for the CVE across all time and fixed windows. null if the CVE has no Shadowserver records.
summary.vendor string Vendor name associated with the CVE.
summary.product string Product name associated with the CVE.
summary.severity string Vulnerability severity label (e.g. Critical, High).
summary.cvss number CVSS base score.
summary.cisa_kev boolean Whether the CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
summary.iot boolean Whether the CVE has been observed targeting IoT devices.
summary.vulnerability_class string Broad vulnerability class (e.g. Remote Code Execution).
summary.first_seen string Earliest observation date in YYYY-MM-DD format.
summary.last_seen string Most recent observation date in YYYY-MM-DD format.
summary.connections_7d integer Total honeypot connections in the last 7 days.
summary.connections_30d integer Total honeypot connections in the last 30 days.
summary.connections_90d integer Total honeypot connections in the last 90 days.
summary.connections_total integer Total honeypot connections across all time.
summary.action_priority string Recommended action priority derived from CISA KEV and EPSS data.
summary.epss_score number EPSS probability score (0.0–1.0).
summary.epss_percentile number EPSS percentile ranking (0.0–1.0).
summary.nvd_published string NVD publication date in YYYY-MM-DD format.
summary.summary_as_of string Date through which the summary statistics are computed.
observations array One entry per calendar day within the window, sorted descending by date. Empty array if no observations exist.
observations[].observation_date string Observation date in YYYY-MM-DD format.
observations[].unique_ips integer Unique source IPs observed on this date.
generated_at string ISO 8601 timestamp when the response was generated.

Errors

Code Message When
-32602 invalid_params: cve_id: required_string cve_id was not supplied.
-32602 invalid_params: cve_id: pattern cve_id does not match ^CVE-[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{4,7}$.
-32602 invalid_params: days: min:1 days is less than 1.
-32602 invalid_params: days: max:90 days is greater than 90.
-32001 unauthorized API key is invalid, revoked, or not permitted from this IP.
-32002 insufficient_credits Credit balance is zero. Top up from the dashboard.
-32603 internal Unexpected server error. The credit is automatically refunded.

If the CVE exists but has no Shadowserver observations in the requested window, the tool returns a successful response with an empty observations array and a null summary. No credit is charged for a lookup that returns no data due to a missing entity.

For the full error reference, see Errors.