STEAM Security Dashboard

A self-hosted vulnerability management dashboard for the NTS-AEO-STEAM and NTS-AEO-ACCESS-ENG business units. Centralises CVE tracking, Ivanti host finding triage, AEO compliance posture, FP and Archer exception workflows, and internal documentation in a single interface.

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Table of Contents

• Overview
• Tech Stack
• Prerequisites
• Installation
• Configuration
• Running the Application
• Features
  • Authentication and User Roles
  • Home — CVE Management
  • Reporting — Host Findings
  • Ivanti Queue
  • Compliance — AEO Posture
  • Knowledge Base
  • Exports
  • Archer Risk Acceptance Tickets
  • User Management (Admin)
  • Audit Log (Admin)
• Scripts
• API Reference
• Architecture
• Database Schema
• Security Model
• Migrations

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Overview

The STEAM Security Dashboard answers a common problem in vulnerability management: tracking which CVEs have been addressed, whether supporting vendor documentation exists, where each finding is in the remediation or exception workflow, and how the team's overall AEO compliance posture is trending week over week.

The application provides:

• A searchable, filterable CVE list with per-vendor tracking and document storage
• NVD API integration to auto-populate CVE metadata
• Ivanti/RiskSense integration — sync open host findings with live FP workflow tracking
• Reporting page with donut charts, advanced per-column filtering, inline editing, Ivanti Queue, and CSV/XLSX export
• Ivanti Queue — personal staging list for batch-processing FP, Archer, and CARD workflows
• AEO Compliance page — weekly xlsx upload, diff preview, per-team metric health cards, device-level violation tracking with notes history
• Archer risk acceptance ticket tracking (EXC numbers) linked to CVE/vendor pairs
• A knowledge base for internal documentation and policies
• Role-based access control with a full audit trail

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Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Backend	Node.js, Express 5
Database	SQLite3
File uploads	Multer 2
Auth	bcryptjs, cookie-based sessions
Frontend	React 19, lucide-react, xlsx
Compliance xlsx parsing	Python 3, pandas, openpyxl
Bulk notes import	Python 3 (stdlib only)

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Prerequisites

• Node.js 18 or later
• npm
• Python 3 with python3-pandas and python3-openpyxl apt packages (required for compliance xlsx parsing)

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Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone <repo-url>
cd cve-dashboard

2. Install backend dependencies

cd backend
npm install

3. Install frontend dependencies

cd frontend
npm install

4. Install Python dependencies

Install via apt — this is the correct approach on Ubuntu/Debian and mirrors the dev server setup:

apt install -y python3-pandas python3-openpyxl

If apt packages are unavailable or you need a specific version, see docs/python-venv-setup.md for the venv fallback approach.

The bulk notes import script (import_notes_from_csv.py) uses only Python stdlib and does not require these packages.

5. Initialize the database

Run once from the backend/ directory to create the SQLite database, all tables, indexes, and a default admin user:

cd backend
node setup.js

This creates backend/cve_database.db and a default admin account:

• Username: admin
• Password: admin123

Change the admin password immediately after first login.

6. Run database migrations

Apply all feature migrations in order:

cd backend
node migrations/add_knowledge_base_table.js
node migrations/add_archer_tickets_table.js
node migrations/add_ivanti_sync_table.js
node migrations/add_ivanti_findings_tables.js
node migrations/add_ivanti_todo_queue_table.js
node migrations/add_card_workflow_type.js
node migrations/add_todo_queue_ip_address.js
node migrations/add_compliance_tables.js

7. Build the frontend

cd frontend
npm run build

Or use npm start for the development server (see Running the Application).

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Configuration

The application is configured via .env files. These files are gitignored and must be created manually per environment.

Backend: backend/.env

PORT=3001
API_HOST=localhost
CORS_ORIGINS=http://YOUR_IP:3000
SESSION_SECRET=change-this-to-a-long-random-string
NODE_ENV=production

# Optional: NVD API key for higher rate limits (50 req/30s vs 5 req/30s)
# Register at https://nvd.nist.gov/developers/request-an-api-key
NVD_API_KEY=your-key-here

# Ivanti / RiskSense integration (required for Reporting page sync)
IVANTI_API_KEY=your-ivanti-api-key
IVANTI_CLIENT_ID=1550
# Optional: filter workflows to a specific person's submissions
IVANTI_FIRST_NAME=
IVANTI_LAST_NAME=
# Set to 'true' if your network has SSL inspection / self-signed certs
IVANTI_SKIP_TLS=false

Frontend: frontend/.env

REACT_APP_API_BASE=http://YOUR_IP:3001/api
REACT_APP_API_HOST=http://YOUR_IP:3001

Replace YOUR_IP with the machine's IP address or hostname. Use localhost for local-only access.

Important: React caches environment variables at build/start time. After changing frontend/.env, fully restart the frontend process — a browser refresh alone is not sufficient.

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Running the Application

Using the helper scripts (recommended)

From the project root:

./start-servers.sh   # Starts backend and frontend in the background
./stop-servers.sh    # Stops all servers

The start script saves PIDs to backend.pid and frontend.pid. Logs are written to backend/backend.log and frontend/frontend.log.

Running manually

# Terminal 1 — backend
cd backend
node server.js

# Terminal 2 — frontend (development server)
cd frontend
npm start

Default ports

Service	URL
Frontend	http://localhost:3000
Backend API	http://localhost:3001

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Features

Authentication and User Roles

All routes require authentication. Three roles are supported:

Role	Permissions
viewer	Read-only: CVEs, documents, findings, reports, knowledge base, Archer tickets, compliance data
editor	All viewer permissions plus: create/update CVEs, upload documents, sync Ivanti findings, save notes and overrides, manage knowledge base, manage Archer tickets, upload compliance reports, manage Ivanti Queue
admin	All editor permissions plus: delete documents, delete reports, manage users, view audit logs

Sessions expire after 24 hours. Session tokens are stored in httpOnly cookies.

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Home — CVE Management

The home page is the primary CVE research and tracking tool.

CVE List

• Search CVEs by keyword (matches CVE ID, vendor, description)
• Filter by vendor, severity (Critical / High / Medium / Low), and status
• Color-coded severity badges: Critical (red), High (amber), Medium (sky blue), Low (green)
• Paginated list view

CVE Operations (editor/admin)

• Add a new CVE entry — NVD auto-fill populates description, severity, and published date automatically
• Edit any field on an existing CVE entry
• Update status for all vendor rows matching a CVE ID in one click
• Delete a single vendor entry or all vendor entries for a CVE ID
• The same CVE ID can be tracked across multiple vendors independently

Document Management

• Upload documents attached to a CVE/vendor pair
• Supported document types: advisory, email, screenshot, patch, other
• Allowed file extensions: PDF, images (PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP, TIFF), Office documents (DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX), text files (TXT, MD, CSV, LOG), email files (MSG, EML), and others (RTF, HTML, XML, JSON, YAML, ODF variants, ZIP, GZ, TAR, 7Z)
• File size limit: 10 MB per upload
• Admins can delete documents

NVD Integration

• Auto-fill CVE description, severity, and published date from the NIST NVD API 2.0 when adding a new CVE
• Bulk NVD Sync (editor/admin): fetch updated metadata for all CVEs in the database in one operation
• CVSS severity cascade: v3.1 preferred, then v3.0, then v2.0
• Rate-limit aware: respects NVD's 5 req/30s unauthenticated limit; with NVD_API_KEY the limit increases to 50 req/30s

Archer Ticket Quick Navigation

• Archer EXC numbers shown on CVE rows
• Clicking an EXC badge navigates to the Reporting page pre-filtered to findings with that EXC number

Calendar Widget

• Shows current month with red dot indicators on dates where Ivanti findings are due
• Click a date to navigate to the Reporting page filtered to that due date

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Reporting — Host Findings

The Reporting page is the core operational view for remediation tracking. It integrates with Ivanti/RiskSense to show all host findings for the configured business units.

Syncing Data

Click Sync (top right) to pull the latest findings from Ivanti. The sync:

1. Fetches all open host findings matching your BU filters and severity range (8.5–9.9 VRR)
2. Fetches the closed finding count separately
3. Sweeps closed findings to capture FP workflow states (including Approved FPs now closed)
4. Stores everything in the local SQLite cache

Findings are also auto-synced on a 24-hour schedule. The last sync timestamp is shown at the top of the page.

IVANTI_API_KEY must be set in backend/.env for sync to work.

Metric Charts

Chart	What it shows
Open vs Closed	Total open vs closed host findings direct from the Ivanti API
Action Coverage	Findings by action taken: FP Request · Archer Exception · Pending. Click a segment to filter the table.
FP Finding Status	How many findings are in each FP workflow state (Actionable, Requested, Reworked, Approved, Rejected, Expired)
FP Workflow Status	How many unique FP# ticket IDs are in each state — one ticket can cover many findings

Findings Table

Each row represents a single Ivanti host finding.

Column	Description
Finding ID	Ivanti finding identifier
Severity	Numerical VRR score with group label (CRITICAL / HIGH)
Title	Vulnerability title
CVEs	Associated CVE IDs — up to 2 shown, remainder as "+N" badge
Host	Hostname — inline editable
IP Address	Host IP address
DNS	DNS/FQDN — inline editable
Due Date	Remediation due date; red if overdue, amber if within 30 days
SLA	SLA status: OVERDUE / AT_RISK / WITHIN_SLA
BU	Business unit
Workflow	FP# ticket ID and state badge — colour-coded by urgency
Last Found	Last detection date from Ivanti
Notes	Free-form notes — inline editable, persists across syncs

Inline editing: Click a Host or DNS cell to override the Ivanti value. An amber dot (●) marks overridden cells; use the revert button (↻) to restore the original. Overrides survive re-syncs.

Filtering: Click ⊙ on any column header for multi-select filtering. The — empty — option filters to findings with no value in that column. Multiple filters are ANDed. The Action Coverage chart also acts as a filter.

Column management: Toggle visibility and drag to reorder via the Columns button. Order and visibility persist to localStorage.

Export: Click Export to download the current filtered view as CSV or XLSX.

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Ivanti Queue

A personal staging list for batch-processing FP, Archer, and CARD workflows without context-switching into Ivanti mid-review.

Adding items: Check the checkbox at the far left of any finding row. A popover appears:

• For FP and Archer items: enter the Vendor / Platform (e.g., "Juniper MX", "Cisco IOS-XE")
• For CARD items: no vendor entry required — the IP address is captured automatically
• Select the workflow type: FP, Archer, or CARD
• Click Add to Queue — the row checkbox turns solid blue

Queue panel: Click the Queue button (top right of Reporting page) to open the slide-out panel:

• CARD items appear at the top in their own section with the IP address displayed
• FP and Archer items are grouped alphabetically by vendor below
• Badges show workflow type: amber = FP, sky = Archer, green = CARD

Working the queue:

• Check the green checkbox on an item to mark it complete (strikethrough at reduced opacity)
• Delete individual items with the trash icon, or select multiple and use Delete (N)
• Clear Completed removes all marked-complete items at once

Queue items are stored in the database, are personal to your login, and persist across sessions and page refreshes.

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Compliance — AEO Posture

The Compliance page tracks NTS-AEO team posture against the AEO compliance framework using weekly xlsx reports exported from the NTS_AEO reporting system.

Upload Workflow

Editors and admins can upload a new compliance report via the Upload Report button:

1. Drop or browse for the NTS_AEO_YYYY_MM_DD.xlsx file
2. The report is parsed server-side and a diff preview is shown — new violations, resolved items, and recurring items since the last upload
3. Click Confirm Upload to commit. The upload is recorded and the device table updates immediately.

The report date is extracted automatically from the filename.

Metric Health Cards

Each AEO metric (e.g., 2.3.4i, 5.2.4) is shown as a health card displaying:

• Compliance percentage vs target
• Status: Meets/Exceeds Target · Within 15% of Target · Below 15% of Target

Click a card to filter the device table to only devices failing that metric.

Device Table

Shows all devices currently failing one or more metrics (Active tab) or previously resolved (Resolved tab). Columns: Hostname, IP Address, Type, Failing Metrics, Times Seen. Click a row to open the detail panel.

Detail Panel

A slide-out panel for a selected device showing:

• Failing Metrics — each metric with surfaced extra fields (CVEs, SLA status, due date, OS, EoL, Splunk last seen, MFA software)
• For 2.3.x vulnerability metrics: the Ivanti_Vulnerability_ID is displayed with a View in Reporting → button that navigates directly to the Reporting page
• Resolved Metrics — previously failing metrics now back in compliance
• History — how many times the device has appeared on the report and since when
• Notes — timestamped notes per metric with a multi-metric selector if multiple metrics are failing

Notes persist across uploads and are keyed to the device hostname and metric ID.

Teams

Only STEAM and ACCESS-ENG teams are tracked. The team selector at the top of the page switches context between them.

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Knowledge Base

A document library for internal reference material — policies, runbooks, vendor advisories, and process guides.

• Upload documents with a title, optional description, and category
• View documents inline in the browser (PDFs render in an iframe; Markdown files render as HTML)
• Download any document
• Filter and browse by category
• Editors and admins can upload and delete; all authenticated users can view

Allowed file types: PDF, Markdown, TXT, Office documents (DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX), HTML, JSON, YAML, and images (PNG, JPG, GIF).

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Exports

Bulk export tools for reports and data extracts.

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Archer Risk Acceptance Tickets

Track Archer exception tickets (EXC numbers) linked to specific CVE/vendor pairs.

• EXC number format: EXC-NNNNN
• Statuses: Draft, Open, Under Review, Accepted
• Optional Archer URL field for deep-linking to the Archer record
• Filter tickets by CVE ID, vendor, or status
• Clicking an EXC badge on the Home page navigates to the Reporting page pre-filtered to findings with that EXC number in their notes

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User Management (Admin)

• Create users with a role assignment
• Change username, email, password, role, or active status
• Deactivating a user immediately invalidates all their active sessions
• Admins cannot demote themselves or deactivate their own account

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Audit Log (Admin)

Every state-changing action is recorded with the user identity, IP address, action type, target entity, and a before/after payload. Admins can view the log filtered by user, action type, entity type, and date range. Results are paginated (25 per page).

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Scripts

backend/scripts/parse_compliance_xlsx.py

Called automatically by the compliance upload flow. Parses the NTS_AEO xlsx report and outputs structured JSON to stdout for consumption by the Node compliance route.

• Reads all detail sheets; skips Summary and CMDB_9box
• Filters to rows where Compliant == False
• Extracts hostname, IP, device type, team, and metric ID per row
• Captures all non-core columns in extra_json (CVEs, SLA status, OS, EoL, Splunk, MFA, Ivanti_Vulnerability_ID, etc.)
• Parses Summary sheet for per-team metric health (compliance_pct, target, status)
• Extracts report date from the filename (NTS_AEO_YYYY_MM_DD.xlsx)

Dependencies: pandas>=2.0.0, openpyxl>=3.0.0

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backend/scripts/import_notes_from_csv.py

Bulk-import notes into the findings cache from a CSV file. Useful for onboarding existing notes or migrating from a spreadsheet.

CSV format:

ID,NOTES
12345678,EXC-5754
87654321,Patched in Feb maintenance window

Usage:

cd backend/scripts

# Preview what would be imported (no writes)
python3 import_notes_from_csv.py input.csv --dry-run

# Import against the default database path
python3 import_notes_from_csv.py input.csv

# Import against a specific database
python3 import_notes_from_csv.py input.csv --db /path/to/cve_database.db

Argument	Description
csv_file	Path to the input CSV (required)
--db	Path to the SQLite database (default: ../cve_database.db)
--dry-run	Preview changes without writing to the database

• Notes longer than 255 characters are truncated with a warning
• Finding IDs not present in the active Ivanti cache are skipped
• Uses UPSERT — running the same CSV twice is safe

Dependencies: Python stdlib only (no pip install required).

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API Reference

All endpoints are prefixed with /api. All endpoints except /api/auth/login and /api/auth/logout require a valid session cookie.

Auth

Method	Path	Auth	Description
POST	/api/auth/login	Public	Log in, receive session cookie
POST	/api/auth/logout	Public	Invalidate session
GET	/api/auth/me	Session	Get current user info
POST	/api/auth/cleanup-sessions	Session	Delete expired sessions

CVEs

Method	Path	Role	Description
GET	/api/cves	viewer+	List CVEs; query params: search, vendor, severity, status
POST	/api/cves	editor+	Create a new CVE entry
PUT	/api/cves/:id	editor+	Update a CVE entry by row ID
PATCH	/api/cves/:cveId/status	editor+	Update status for all vendor rows matching a CVE ID
DELETE	/api/cves/:id	editor+	Delete a single CVE vendor entry
DELETE	/api/cves/by-cve-id/:cveId	editor+	Delete all vendor entries for a CVE ID
GET	/api/cves/check/:cveId	viewer+	Quick check: existence and status of a CVE
GET	/api/cves/distinct-ids	viewer+	All distinct CVE IDs (used by NVD sync)
GET	/api/cves/:cveId/vendors	viewer+	All vendor entries for a specific CVE ID

Documents

Method	Path	Role	Description
GET	/api/cves/:cveId/documents	viewer+	List documents for a CVE; optional ?vendor= filter
POST	/api/cves/:cveId/documents	editor+	Upload a document for a CVE/vendor pair
DELETE	/api/documents/:id	admin	Delete a document and its file from disk

NVD

Method	Path	Role	Description
GET	/api/nvd/lookup/:cveId	viewer+	Look up a single CVE in the NVD 2.0 API
POST	/api/cves/nvd-sync	editor+	Bulk update CVE metadata from NVD

Ivanti — Host Findings

Method	Path	Role	Description
GET	/api/ivanti/findings	viewer+	Get cached findings with notes and overrides merged in
POST	/api/ivanti/findings/sync	viewer+	Trigger an immediate findings sync from Ivanti
GET	/api/ivanti/findings/counts	viewer+	Open vs closed finding totals
GET	/api/ivanti/findings/fp-workflow-counts	viewer+	FP workflow state breakdown
PUT	/api/ivanti/findings/:findingId/override	editor+	Override hostName or dns; empty value clears the override
PUT	/api/ivanti/findings/:findingId/note	viewer+	Save or update a finding note (max 255 chars)

Ivanti — Workflows

Method	Path	Role	Description
GET	/api/ivanti/workflows	viewer+	Get cached workflow data
POST	/api/ivanti/workflows/sync	viewer+	Trigger an immediate workflow sync

Ivanti Queue

Method	Path	Role	Description
GET	/api/ivanti/queue	viewer+	Get all queue items for the current user
POST	/api/ivanti/queue	editor+	Add a finding to the queue
PATCH	/api/ivanti/queue/:id	editor+	Update a queue item (mark complete, edit vendor/type)
DELETE	/api/ivanti/queue/:id	editor+	Delete a single queue item
DELETE	/api/ivanti/queue	editor+	Delete multiple queue items (body: { ids: [...] })

Compliance

Method	Path	Role	Description
POST	/api/compliance/preview	editor+	Parse an xlsx upload and return diff + temp file path
POST	/api/compliance/commit	editor+	Commit a previewed upload to the database
GET	/api/compliance/uploads	viewer+	List all compliance upload records
GET	/api/compliance/summary	viewer+	Metric health summary; ?team=STEAM
GET	/api/compliance/items	viewer+	Device list; ?team=STEAM&status=active
GET	/api/compliance/items/:hostname	viewer+	Full detail for a device (metrics + notes)
GET	/api/compliance/notes/:hostname/:metricId	viewer+	Notes for a specific hostname/metric
POST	/api/compliance/notes	editor+	Add a note for a hostname/metric

Knowledge Base

Method	Path	Role	Description
POST	/api/knowledge-base/upload	editor+	Upload a new knowledge base document
GET	/api/knowledge-base	viewer+	List all articles
GET	/api/knowledge-base/:id	viewer+	Get article metadata
GET	/api/knowledge-base/:id/content	viewer+	Get file content for inline display
GET	/api/knowledge-base/:id/download	viewer+	Download the file
DELETE	/api/knowledge-base/:id	editor+	Delete article and file

Archer Tickets

Method	Path	Role	Description
GET	/api/archer-tickets	viewer+	List tickets; optional filters: cve_id, vendor, status
POST	/api/archer-tickets	editor+	Create a new Archer ticket
PUT	/api/archer-tickets/:id	editor+	Update an Archer ticket
DELETE	/api/archer-tickets/:id	editor+	Delete an Archer ticket

Users (Admin only)

Method	Path	Role	Description
GET	/api/users	admin	List all users
GET	/api/users/:id	admin	Get a single user
POST	/api/users	admin	Create a user
PATCH	/api/users/:id	admin	Update a user
DELETE	/api/users/:id	admin	Delete a user

Audit Logs (Admin only)

Method	Path	Role	Description
GET	/api/audit-logs	admin	Paginated audit log; filters: user, action, entityType, startDate, endDate
GET	/api/audit-logs/actions	admin	List distinct action types for filter dropdowns

Utility

Method	Path	Role	Description
GET	/api/vendors	viewer+	List all distinct vendor names
GET	/api/stats	viewer+	Dashboard statistics

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Architecture

cve-dashboard/
├── start-servers.sh          # Start backend + frontend in background
├── stop-servers.sh           # Stop all servers
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├── backend/
│   ├── server.js             # Express app — routes, middleware, security headers
│   ├── setup.js              # One-time DB initialization and default admin creation
│   ├── cve_database.db       # SQLite database (gitignored)
│   ├── uploads/              # File storage root (gitignored)
│   │   ├── <CVE-ID>/<vendor>/    # CVE documents
│   │   ├── knowledge_base/       # Knowledge base documents
│   │   └── temp/                 # Temporary upload staging
│   ├── routes/
│   │   ├── auth.js               # Login, logout, session check
│   │   ├── users.js              # User CRUD (admin)
│   │   ├── auditLog.js           # Audit log viewer (admin)
│   │   ├── nvdLookup.js          # NVD API proxy
│   │   ├── knowledgeBase.js      # Knowledge base document management
│   │   ├── archerTickets.js      # Archer EXC ticket CRUD
│   │   ├── ivantiWorkflows.js    # Ivanti workflow batch sync and cache
│   │   ├── ivantiFindings.js     # Ivanti host findings sync, notes, overrides, FP counts
│   │   ├── ivantiTodoQueue.js    # Ivanti Queue — personal FP/Archer/CARD staging list
│   │   └── compliance.js         # AEO compliance upload, diff, device tracking, notes
│   ├── middleware/
│   │   └── auth.js               # requireAuth and requireRole middleware
│   ├── helpers/
│   │   ├── auditLog.js           # logAudit helper (fire-and-forget)
│   ├── migrations/
│   │   ├── add_knowledge_base_table.js
│   │   ├── add_archer_tickets_table.js
│   │   ├── add_ivanti_sync_table.js
│   │   ├── add_ivanti_findings_tables.js
│   │   ├── add_ivanti_todo_queue_table.js  # Ivanti Queue table
│   │   ├── add_card_workflow_type.js       # CARD workflow type support
│   │   ├── add_todo_queue_ip_address.js    # IP address column on queue items
│   │   └── add_compliance_tables.js        # AEO compliance tables
│   └── scripts/
│       ├── parse_compliance_xlsx.py      # Parses NTS_AEO xlsx compliance reports
│       ├── import_notes_from_csv.py      # Bulk-import finding notes from CSV
│       └── requirements.txt              # pandas, openpyxl
│
└── frontend/
    └── src/
        ├── App.js                    # Home dashboard — CVE list, filters, modals, calendar
        ├── App.css                   # Global styles and CSS variables
        ├── contexts/
        │   └── AuthContext.js        # Auth state provider (login, logout, role helpers)
        └── components/
            ├── LoginForm.js              # Login page
            ├── NavDrawer.js              # Side navigation drawer
            ├── UserMenu.js               # User dropdown in header
            ├── CalendarWidget.js         # Due-date calendar with Ivanti finding indicators
            ├── UserManagement.js         # Admin user management panel
            ├── AuditLog.js               # Admin audit log viewer
            ├── NvdSyncModal.js           # Bulk NVD sync dialog
            ├── KnowledgeBaseModal.js     # Knowledge base upload/list modal
            ├── KnowledgeBaseViewer.js    # Inline document viewer
            └── pages/
                ├── ReportingPage.js          # Host findings: charts, table, queue, export
                ├── CompliancePage.js         # AEO compliance: metric cards, device table
                ├── ComplianceUploadModal.js  # xlsx upload with diff preview
                ├── ComplianceDetailPanel.js  # Per-device metrics, history, notes
                ├── KnowledgeBasePage.js      # Knowledge base page
                └── ExportsPage.js            # Exports page

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Database Schema

Core tables (created by setup.js)

cves — One row per CVE/vendor pair. UNIQUE(cve_id, vendor).

documents — Files attached to a CVE/vendor pair. Foreign key to cves(cve_id).

required_documents — Vendor-specific document requirements.

users — Accounts with roles: admin, editor, viewer.

sessions — Active sessions with 24-hour expiry.

audit_logs — Append-only log of all state-changing actions.

Feature tables (added by migrations)

knowledge_base — Document library entries with title, slug, category, description, and file metadata.

archer_tickets — Archer EXC exception tickets linked to CVE/vendor pairs. UNIQUE(exc_number).

ivanti_sync_state — Single-row cache for Ivanti workflow batch data.

ivanti_findings_cache — Single-row cache for Ivanti host findings.

ivanti_finding_notes — Persistent per-finding notes keyed by finding ID. Survives cache refreshes. UNIQUE(finding_id).

ivanti_counts_cache — Single-row cache for finding metrics: open/closed counts, FP workflow state breakdowns by finding and by unique ticket ID.

ivanti_finding_overrides — Editor-applied overrides for hostName and dns fields. UNIQUE(finding_id, field).

ivanti_todo_queue — Personal per-user queue of findings staged for FP, Archer, or CARD processing. Keyed by (user_id, finding_id).

compliance_uploads — Record of each compliance xlsx upload: filename, report date, uploader, timestamp, and new/resolved/recurring counts.

compliance_items — One row per device/metric violation. Tracks hostname, IP, device type, team, metric ID, category, extra_json (all non-core xlsx columns), status (active/resolved), first seen upload, and times seen. Identity key: (hostname, metric_id).

compliance_notes — Timestamped notes per hostname/metric. Multiple notes per combination are supported. Foreign-key linked to compliance items.

View

cve_document_status — Aggregates document counts per CVE/vendor and derives a compliance_status (Complete when an advisory is present, otherwise Missing Required Docs).

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Security Model

File upload security

• Extension allowlist enforced by Multer; executables (.exe, .js, .sh, .py, .bat, etc.) are blocked
• MIME type prefix validation in addition to extension checking
• 10 MB per-file size limit
• Filenames are sanitized: path separators, .. sequences, null bytes, and non-alphanumeric characters are removed

Path traversal prevention

• sanitizePathSegment() strips /, \, .., and null bytes from any value used in path.join()
• isPathWithinUploads() verifies resolved paths stay within the uploads root before any file operation

Input validation

• CVE ID must match /^CVE-\d{4}-\d{4,}$/
• Severity must be one of: Critical, High, Medium, Low
• Status must be one of: Open, Addressed, In Progress, Resolved
• Archer EXC numbers must match /^EXC-\d+$/
• Finding override field must be one of: hostName, dns
• All database operations use prepared statements — no string interpolation in SQL

Error handling

• 500 responses never expose internal error messages to the client
• Full errors are logged server-side only
• Descriptive 400/409 responses contain only application-authored validation messages

Security headers

Applied to all responses:

• X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
• X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
• X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
• Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin
• Permissions-Policy: camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=()

Session cookies

httpOnly: true, sameSite: lax, secure: true in production (NODE_ENV=production).

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Migrations

Migrations are standalone Node.js scripts. Run them in the listed order on a fresh install. All use CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS or ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS and are safe to re-run.

cd backend
node migrations/add_knowledge_base_table.js
node migrations/add_archer_tickets_table.js
node migrations/add_ivanti_sync_table.js
node migrations/add_ivanti_findings_tables.js
node migrations/add_ivanti_todo_queue_table.js
node migrations/add_card_workflow_type.js
node migrations/add_todo_queue_ip_address.js
node migrations/add_compliance_tables.js

For deployments upgrading from an older schema, the following legacy migration scripts are also available in backend/:

• migrate_multivendor.js — Adds multi-vendor support to an older single-vendor schema
• migrate-audit-log.js — Adds the audit_logs table to pre-auth deployments
• migrate-to-1.1.js — General 1.0 → 1.1 schema update

Several columns (fp_workflow_counts_json, fp_id_counts_json, seen_count, summary_json) are added automatically via idempotent ALTER TABLE statements each time the server starts. No manual re-run is needed.