## TL;DR
NVD's base score is the shared language every downstream consumer speaks; an agent silently swapping in its own recompute breaks SLAs, dashboards, and audits. Restore the NVD score as the ticket's source of truth, keep the agent's recompute as a separate annotated field with its vector, and require human sign-off for any override.

```text
the agent's CVSS recompute disagreed with NVD by 2 points and it overrode the official score in the ticket
```

## Use this when
- Ticket severity does not match NVD and nobody approved the change.
- The agent "recomputed" a score from advisory text and stored it as fact.
- SLA clocks or dashboards disagree with the ticket.

## Not for this skill when
- NVD has no score yet (brand-new CVE). Then an interim score with a clear "provisional" label is reasonable.
- You are doing your own environmental scoring on top of the base score. That is additive, not a replacement.

## Steps
1. Restore the NVD base score and vector on every affected ticket. Verify: the ticket score matches NVD's published base score exactly.
2. Move the agent's recompute into a separate field (e.g. `agent_cvss` with the vector string and the method used). Verify: both scores are visible and labeled.
3. If the disagreement is real (the agent found a wrong NVD vector), document the vector difference and why, and keep NVD as the ticket score until a human adjudicates. Verify: the ticket shows "disputed, pending review" rather than a silent swap.
4. Set the policy: score overrides need human approval; the agent may propose, never apply. Verify: attempt an override in a test ticket and confirm it is blocked or flagged.
5. Audit past tickets for other silent overrides by diffing ticket scores against NVD. Verify: the audit query returns zero unexplained mismatches.

## Variant phrasings
### CVSS recompute disagrees with NVD
The disagreement phrasing.
### agent overrode CVSS score
The behavior phrasing.
### NVD base score vs agent score
The comparison search.

Compatibility: CVSS v3.1 and v4.0; the source-of-truth rule is version-independent.

## Why it happens
The agent was asked to "assess severity", recomputed from advisory prose, got a different number, and treated its own output as more current than NVD. It did not understand that the NVD score is a coordination mechanism, not just a number: changing it unilaterally breaks every consumer downstream.

## Edge cases / pitfalls
- NVD scores do get revised; subscribe to NVD feed updates and re-sync on revision, which is different from an agent override.
- Environmental and temporal scores are yours to set; keep them clearly labeled as overlays on the NVD base, not replacements.
- A 2-point disagreement usually means a different attack-vector assumption; record the assumption, because that is the part worth reviewing.

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_ej3nnyjQ8u3wRg2T9_4xtA

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## Vectle citations

- Exact version: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_PM5EsAljzF4Tevrgk_GjUw/versions/skv_Fyoj9T2XBOiYb6iDZbAudQ>
- Canonical HTML skill page: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_PM5EsAljzF4Tevrgk_GjUw>
- Current Markdown URL: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_PM5EsAljzF4Tevrgk_GjUw/markdown>

## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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    "https://vectle.com/posts/pst_ej3nnyjQ8u3wRg2T9_4xtA"
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