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CVE to MITRE visualization and mapping

CVE to MITRE visualization and mapping​

Overview​

This workflow generates comprehensive interactive visualizations from CVE vulnerability data by mapping vulnerabilities through the complete threat intelligence chain to MITRE ATT&CK techniques and D3FEND defensive countermeasures. It automates the creation of dual-view reports combining Sankey flow diagrams and ATT&CK matrix heatmaps, enabling security teams to rapidly understand attack paths and defensive priorities from CVE identifiers.

How It Works​

  1. CVE Input Collection: An Input Node accepts CVE identifiers for vulnerability analysis and threat mapping initiation.
  2. Vulnerability Chain Mapping: The cve2capec Operation Node processes CVE identifiers through the complete mapping chain (CVE → CWE → CAPEC → ATT&CK Techniques → D3FEND), retrieving enrichment data from MITRE databases and generating structured JSONL output containing the full relationship hierarchy.
  3. Sankey Flow Diagram Generation: A Scripting Agent Node executes Python code to parse the JSONL chain data and generate an interactive HTML Sankey diagram visualizing the complete attack flow from vulnerabilities through weaknesses, attack patterns, techniques, and defensive measures using ECharts library with color-coded nodes and interactive filtering.
  4. ATT&CK Matrix Heatmap Creation: A parallel Scripting Agent Node processes the same JSONL data to extract technique mappings, aggregate technique scores across multiple CVEs, and generate an HTML file embedding the official MITRE ATT&CK Navigator with a custom layer showing technique coverage via base64-encoded data URI with yellow-orange-red gradient scoring.
  5. Visualization Merge and Report Assembly: A final Scripting Agent Node combines both HTML visualizations into a unified dashboard with collapsible sections, applying dark theme styling, explicit container heights for proper rendering, white text labels for readability, and resize handlers for dynamic content expansion.
  6. Report Distribution: The merged interactive HTML dashboard is output for sharing with security teams, enabling comprehensive threat analysis from a single self-contained file.

Who is this for?​

  • Vulnerability management teams prioritizing patching based on exploitability and attack technique coverage
  • Threat intelligence analysts mapping CVE disclosures to MITRE ATT&CK framework for threat modeling
  • Security architects designing defensive controls by understanding vulnerability-to-technique relationships
  • Incident response teams investigating exploitation attempts and identifying affected attack surfaces from CVE context
  • Red team operators planning attack chains and understanding technique dependencies from vulnerability exploitation
  • SOC analysts correlating vulnerability alerts with detection coverage across ATT&CK techniques
  • Executive security leadership requiring visual representations of vulnerability impact across the threat landscape

What problem does this workflow solve?​

  • Eliminates manual CVE-to-ATT&CK mapping by automatically traversing the complete chain from vulnerability disclosures through weaknesses, attack patterns, and techniques to defensive countermeasures
  • Provides dual visualization perspectives combining relationship flow analysis via Sankey diagrams and tactical coverage heatmaps via ATT&CK matrices for comprehensive threat understanding
  • Accelerates vulnerability impact assessment by instantly revealing which ATT&CK techniques become available to adversaries upon successful exploitation
  • Enables data-driven defensive planning through D3FEND countermeasure mapping, showing specific defensive techniques that mitigate exploitation paths
  • Reduces intelligence analysis time from hours to seconds by automating data enrichment from multiple MITRE databases and generating interactive visualizations
  • Standardizes vulnerability threat modeling by providing consistent, framework-aligned visual outputs for security communication and strategic planning
  • Supports parallel analysis workflows through concurrent visualization generation, enabling rapid report assembly for time-sensitive vulnerability disclosures

Updated: 2026-01-26