arXiv:2603.12450cs.CRcs.LG2026-03

用风险损失分解构建新指标,显著提升漏洞优先级排序准确性。

Bridging the Gap Between Security Metrics and Key Risk Indicators: An Empirical Framework for Vulnerability Prioritization

  • 基于损失预期分解构建综合风险指标KRI,融合威胁、影响与暴露维度。
  • 在28万+漏洞数据上,KRI的AUPRC达0.223,远超CVSS的0.011。
  • 适合关注实际风险降低的组织,尤其当严重性溢价高于2时更优。

组织普遍使用CVSS评分优先修复漏洞,但其在真实利用数据上的精确率-召回率曲线下面积(AUPRC)仅为0.011,接近随机水平。本文提出一种基于预期损失分解的复合关键风险指标(KRI),整合威胁、影响和暴露维度。在包含280,694个CVE的完整数据集上,针对已知被利用漏洞(KEV)目录评估,KRI的ROC-AUC达0.927,AUPRC为0.223,优于CVSS的0.747和0.011。消融分析显示,仅使用漏洞利用预测评分系统(EPSS)时AUPRC为0.365,高于完整KRI的0.223,表明两者目标不同:EPSS专注原始利用检测,而KRI侧重按影响与暴露重排,能在前500个漏洞中覆盖92.3%的影响加权修复价值,优于EPSS的82.6%,并多发现1.75个被利用的严重级漏洞。当严重性溢价超过2时,KRI的净收益始终优于EPSS。因此,若追求实际风险降低,KRI优于以探测为基础的EPSS。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Organisations overwhelmingly prioritize vulnerability remediation using Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) severity scores, yet CVSS classifiers achieve an Area Under the Precision-Recall Curve (AUPRC) of 0.011 on real-world exploitation data, near random chance. We propose a composite Key Risk Indicator grounded in expected-loss decomposition, integrating dimensions of threat, impact, and exposure. We evaluated the KRI framework against the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog using a comprehensive dataset of 280,694 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs). KRI achieves Receiver Operating Characteristic Area Under the Curve (ROC-AUC) 0.927 and AUPRC 0.223 versus 0.747 and 0.011 for CVSS (24 percents, 20). Ablation analysis shows Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS) alone achieves AUPRC 0.365, higher than full KRI (0.223), confirming that EPSS and KRI serve distinct objectives: EPSS maximizes raw exploit detection, while KRI re-orders by impact and exposure, capturing 92.3 percents of impact-weighted remediation value at k=500 versus 82.6 percents for EPSS, and surfacing 1.75 more Critical-severity exploited CVEs. KRI's net benefit exceeds EPSS whenever the severity premium exceeds 2. While EPSS serves as a robust baseline for exploit detection, the KRI framework is the superior choice for organizations seeking to align remediation efforts with tangible risk reduction.

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