The financial support from the U.S. administration for the non-profit research behemoth MITRE to run and oversee its Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) initiative is set to conclude on Wednesday, an extraordinary event that has the potential to disrupt one of the essential cornerstones of the worldwide cybersecurity framework. The CVE initiative, which has been around for 25 years, serves as an important resource for managing vulnerabilities, providing a practical benchmark to