Common Platform Enumeration

<h2 id="scheme-format">Scheme format</h2>
<p>CPE 2.3 follows this format, maintained by NIST:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
</p>
cpe:<cpe_version>:<part>:<vendor>:<product>:<version>:<update>:<edition>:<language>:<sw_edition>:<target_sw>:<target_hw>:<other>

<h3>cpe_version</h3>
<p>The version of the CPE definition.  The latest CPE definition version is 2.3.
</p>
<h3>part</h3>
<p>May have 1 of 3 values:
</p>
<ol><li>a for Applications</li>
<li>h for Hardware</li>
<li>o for Operating Systems</li></ol>
<p>It is sometimes referred to as type.
</p>
<h3>vendor</h3>
<p>Values for this attribute SHOULD describe or identify the person or organization that manufactured or 
created the product. Values for this attribute SHOULD be selected from an attribute-specific valid-values 
list, which MAY be defined by other specifications that utilize this specification. Any character string 
meeting the requirements for WFNs (cf. 5.3.2) MAY be specified as the value of the attribute. 
<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
</p>
<h3>product</h3>
<p>The name of the system/package/component. product and vendor are sometimes identical.  It can not contain spaces, slashes, or most special characters. An underscore should be used in place of whitespace characters.
</p>
<h3>version</h3>
<p>The version of the system/package/component.
</p>
<h3>update</h3>
<p>This is used for update or <a href="/facts/Service_pack/93y8YzCs">service pack</a> information. Sometimes referred to as "point releases" or minor versions. The technical difference between version and update will be different for certain vendors and products. Common examples include beta, update4, SP1, and ga (for General Availability), but it is most often left blank.
</p>
<h3>edition</h3>
<p>A further granularity describing the build of the system/package/component, beyond version.
</p>
<h3>language</h3>
<p>A valid language tag as defined by <a href="/facts/IETF/tIcCsFhX">IETF</a> <a href="/facts/Request_for_Comments/esftTvE7">RFC</a> <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5646">5646</a> entitled "Tags for Identifying Languages". Examples include: en-us for US English, and zh-tw for <a href="/facts/Taiwanese_Mandarin/3lFodHAV">Taiwanese Mandarin</a>.
</p>
<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
<p>Here, * is used as a <a href="/facts/Wildcard_character/LErwSxvh">wildcard character</a>:
</p>
cpe:2.3:a:ntp:ntp:4.2.8:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8.0.6001:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/security-content-automation-protocol/specifications/cpe">CPE Specification</a></li>
<li><a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/products/cpe">Official CPE Dictionary</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

<ol>
<li id="fn:1"><p>"NVD - CPE Dictionary". nvd.nist.gov. Retrieved 2017-02-15.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/cpe.cfm" target="_blank">https://nvd.nist.gov/cpe.cfm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"NVD - CPE Dictionary". nvd.nist.gov. Retrieved 2017-02-15.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/cpe.cfm" target="_blank">https://nvd.nist.gov/cpe.cfm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2021-04-22.{{cite web}}:  CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210421093805/https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/IR/nistir7695.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20210421093805/https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/IR/nistir7695.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"NVD - CPE Dictionary". nvd.nist.gov. Retrieved 2017-02-15.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/cpe.cfm" target="_blank">https://nvd.nist.gov/cpe.cfm</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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