From: Het Patel <[email protected]>

The CVE check system was incorrectly reporting lower CVSS scores when
multiple scoring sources were available in the NVD database. This
occurred because the code only extracted the first element from the
metrics arrays, which could be a "Secondary" source with a lower score
rather than the "Primary" source or the highest available vendor score.

According to the CVSS v4.0 User Guide, "In situations where multiple
CVSS-B scores are applicable but only one is provided, the highest
CVSS-B score must be utilized." This follows the "reasonable worst-case"
principle established by the CVSS SIG.

This fix iterates through all available sources (v2, v3.0, v3.1, and
v4.0) and selects the maximum CVSS score to ensure the highest severity
is reported.

Fixes [YOCTO #15931]

References:
- https://www.first.org/cvss/v4.0/user-guide
- https://www.first.org/cvss/v3.1/user-guide
- https://www.first.org/cvss/v2/minutes/cvss-meeting-minutes-06202006.pdf

Signed-off-by: Het Patel <[email protected]>
---
 .../meta/cve-update-nvd2-native.bb            | 55 +++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-nvd2-native.bb 
b/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-nvd2-native.bb
index 8c8148dd92..41c34ba0d0 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-nvd2-native.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-nvd2-native.bb
@@ -350,32 +350,55 @@ def update_db(conn, elt):
         if desc['lang'] == 'en':
             cveDesc = desc['value']
     date = elt['cve']['lastModified']
+
+    # Extract maximum CVSS scores from all sources (Primary and Secondary)
+    cvssv2 = 0.0
     try:
-        accessVector = 
elt['cve']['metrics']['cvssMetricV2'][0]['cvssData']['accessVector']
-        vectorString = 
elt['cve']['metrics']['cvssMetricV2'][0]['cvssData']['vectorString']
-        cvssv2 = 
elt['cve']['metrics']['cvssMetricV2'][0]['cvssData']['baseScore']
+        # Iterate through all cvssMetricV2 entries and find the maximum score
+        for metric in elt['cve']['metrics']['cvssMetricV2']:
+            score = metric['cvssData']['baseScore']
+            if score > cvssv2:
+                cvssv2 = score
+                accessVector = metric['cvssData']['accessVector']
+                vectorString = metric['cvssData']['vectorString']
     except KeyError:
-        cvssv2 = 0.0
-    cvssv3 = None
+        pass
+
+    cvssv3 = 0.0
     try:
-        accessVector = accessVector or 
elt['cve']['metrics']['cvssMetricV30'][0]['cvssData']['attackVector']
-        vectorString = vectorString or 
elt['cve']['metrics']['cvssMetricV30'][0]['cvssData']['vectorString']
-        cvssv3 = 
elt['cve']['metrics']['cvssMetricV30'][0]['cvssData']['baseScore']
+        # Iterate through all cvssMetricV30 entries and find the maximum score
+        for metric in elt['cve']['metrics']['cvssMetricV30']:
+            score = metric['cvssData']['baseScore']
+            if score > cvssv3:
+                cvssv3 = score
+                accessVector = accessVector or 
metric['cvssData']['attackVector']
+                vectorString = vectorString or 
metric['cvssData']['vectorString']
     except KeyError:
         pass
+
     try:
-        accessVector = accessVector or 
elt['cve']['metrics']['cvssMetricV31'][0]['cvssData']['attackVector']
-        vectorString = vectorString or 
elt['cve']['metrics']['cvssMetricV31'][0]['cvssData']['vectorString']
-        cvssv3 = cvssv3 or 
elt['cve']['metrics']['cvssMetricV31'][0]['cvssData']['baseScore']
+        # Iterate through all cvssMetricV31 entries and find the maximum score
+        for metric in elt['cve']['metrics']['cvssMetricV31']:
+            score = metric['cvssData']['baseScore']
+            if score > cvssv3:
+                cvssv3 = score
+                accessVector = accessVector or 
metric['cvssData']['attackVector']
+                vectorString = vectorString or 
metric['cvssData']['vectorString']
     except KeyError:
         pass
-    cvssv3 = cvssv3 or 0.0
+
+    cvssv4 = 0.0
     try:
-        accessVector = accessVector or 
elt['cve']['metrics']['cvssMetricV40'][0]['cvssData']['attackVector']
-        vectorString = vectorString or 
elt['cve']['metrics']['cvssMetricV40'][0]['cvssData']['vectorString']
-        cvssv4 = 
elt['cve']['metrics']['cvssMetricV40'][0]['cvssData']['baseScore']
+        # Iterate through all cvssMetricV40 entries and find the maximum score
+        for metric in elt['cve']['metrics']['cvssMetricV40']:
+            score = metric['cvssData']['baseScore']
+            if score > cvssv4:
+                cvssv4 = score
+                accessVector = accessVector or 
metric['cvssData']['attackVector']
+                vectorString = vectorString or 
metric['cvssData']['vectorString']
     except KeyError:
-        cvssv4 = 0.0
+        pass
+
     accessVector = accessVector or "UNKNOWN"
     vectorString = vectorString or "UNKNOWN"
 
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