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How to Research Vulnerabilities by Software with Claude

Research software vulnerabilities with Claude and ToolRouter. Search CVE databases by product.

Claude excels at deep vulnerability research because it can cross-reference CVE records against your actual dependency tree, then ask follow-up questions to narrow severity by your deployment context. Feed it your software stack and it will systematically query each component, rank findings by exploitability, and produce a comparative risk matrix you can hand directly to your security team.

Connect ToolRouter to Claude

1Go to Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

2Enter the details below and click Add

Name

ToolRouter

URL

https://api.toolrouter.com/mcp

3Done — works on Claude chat, desktop, and mobile

Steps

Once connected (see setup above), use the Vulnerability Database tool:

Ask Claude: "Search for vulnerabilities affecting Apache httpd using vulnerability-database"
Claude returns known CVEs with severity scores and patch details
Ask Claude to filter by severity or version range for your deployment

Example Prompt

Try this with Claude using the Vulnerability Database tool

Research all known vulnerabilities affecting PostgreSQL 15. Show me CVEs with severity scores and whether patches are available.

Tips

Ask Claude to filter results by severity to focus on critical issues first
Research vulnerabilities for your specific version, not just the product name
Use vulnerability history to assess a vendor's security response track record

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