Exposure assessment by publisher software
concept australia Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read vr-ws-exposure-publisher.md
Assess exposure for zero-day vulnerabilities, when Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) for the asset or configuration item is unavailable. It uses the software information to assess exposure, using the software discovery model.
For information on assessing exposure by software, see:
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--- title: Exposure assessment by publisher software description: Assess exposure for zero-day vulnerabilities, when Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures \(CVEs\) for the asset or configuration item is unavailable. It uses the software information to assess exposure, using the software discovery model. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response-workspaces/vr-ws-exposure-publisher.html release: australia product: Vulnerability Response Workspaces classification: vulnerability-response-workspaces topic_type: concept last_updated: "2026-09-10" reading_time_minutes: 1 breadcrumb: [Exploring exposure assessment, Explore the Vulnerability Assessment Workspace, Vulnerability Response Workspaces, Unified Security Exposure Management, Security Operations] --- # Exposure assessment by publisher software Assess exposure for zero-day vulnerabilities, when Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures \(CVEs\) for the asset or configuration item is unavailable. It uses the software information to assess exposure, using the software discovery model. For information on assessing exposure by software, see: - [Add software by a publisher for exposure assessment](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response-workspaces/vr-ws-add-publisher.md) - [Create VIs for software by a publisher for exposure assessment](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response-workspaces/vr-ws-create-vis-for-publisher.md) - [Activate or deactivate software by a publisher for exposure assessment](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response-workspaces/vr-ws-activate-deactivate-publisher.md) - [Export impacted CIs for software by a publisher in the Vulnerability Assessment workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response-workspaces/vr-ws-export-cis-publisher.md)
| title | Exposure assessment by publisher software |
| description | Assess exposure for zero-day vulnerabilities, when Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures \(CVEs\) for the asset or configuration item is unavailable. It uses the software information to assess exposure, using the software discovery model. |
| locale | en-US |
| canonical_url | https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response-workspaces/vr-ws-exposure-publisher.html |
| release | australia |
| product | Vulnerability Response Workspaces |
| classification | vulnerability-response-workspaces |
| topic_type | concept |
| last_updated | 2026-09-10 |
| reading_time_minutes | 1 |
| breadcrumb | Exploring exposure assessmentExplore the Vulnerability Assessment WorkspaceVulnerability Response WorkspacesUnified Security Exposure ManagementSecurity Operations |