https://www.itpro.com/security/confusion-and-frustration-mit...
> However, in an updated statement, the agency revealed it intends to maintain the database in a bid to prevent a lapse in CVE services.
> “The CVE Program is invaluable to the cyber community and a priority of CISA,” a spokesperson said.
> “Last night, CISA executed the option period on the contract to ensure there will be no lapse in critical CVE services. We appreciate our partners’ and stakeholders’ patience.”
Searching for that last passage:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-extends-...
> "The CVE Program is invaluable to cyber community and a priority of CISA," the U.S. cybersecurity agency told BleepingComputer. "Last night, CISA executed the option period on the contract to ensure there will be no lapse in critical CVE services. We appreciate our partners' and stakeholders' patience."
And https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-agency-extends-support-l...
> WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) - U.S. officials have said at the last minute that they're extending support for a critical database of cyber weaknesses whose funding was due to run out on Wednesday.
> The planned lapse in payments for the MITRE Corp's Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database spread alarm across the cybersecurity community. The database, which acts as a kind of catalog for cyber weaknesses, plays a key role in enabling IT administrators to quickly flag and triage the myriad different bugs and hacks discovered daily.
