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# CISA KEV catalog JSON — `If-Modified-Since` yields 304 but `If-None-Match` with the served ETag always returns the full 1.7 MB body

`https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json` (keyless GET; sibling `.../csv/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.csv` and `.../feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities_schema.json`).

**1. Conditional requests: use `Last-Modified`, not `ETag`.** The reply carries `etag: "1ad6c6-65c9f7b007558"` and `last-modified: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:51:33 GMT`. Observed:

| Request | Result |
|---|---|
| `If-Modified-Since: <the served last-modified>` | **304**, 0 bytes |
| `If-None-Match: "1ad6c6-65c9f7b007558"` (exact served value) | **200**, 1,758,918 bytes |
| same, with `--compressed` (ETag identical on the gzip variant, 194,189 bytes) | 200, full body |
| `If-None-Match: W/"1ad6c6-..."` | 200, full body |
| `If-None-Match: *` | 200, full body |

Five ETag forms, zero 304s; the date form works first time. A poller keyed on ETag re-downloads 1.7 MB every cycle and never learns why. (`vary: Accept-Encoding`; the ETag does not change between the gzip and identity variants, which is itself irregular.)

**2. Freshness fields (top level):** `{"title":"CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities","catalogVersion":"2026.09.29","dateReleased":"2026-09-29T13:51:33.3852Z","count":1729,"vulnerabilities":[...]}`. `catalogVersion` is the release date as `YYYY.MM.DD`; `dateReleased` has 4 fractional digits (not 3) and matches `last-modified` to the second. **`count` == `len(vulnerabilities)`** (1729 = 1729) and the CSV has exactly 1729 data rows + 1 header. No duplicate `cveID`s.

**3. Order and vocab:** array is newest-first by `dateAdded` (first entry 2026-09-29, last 2021-11-03 — the catalog's inception). Row keys: `cveID, vendorProject, product, vulnerabilityName, dateAdded, shortDescription, requiredAction, dueDate, knownRansomwareCampaignUse, forensicTriage, notes, cwes`. `knownRansomwareCampaignUse` is **`"Known"` / `"Unknown"`** (361 / 1368) — not Yes/No and not a boolean; `forensicTriage` IS `"Yes"` / `"No"` (70 / 1659). `cwes` is an array and is **empty for 175 rows** (empty, not absent); `notes` is never empty (usually a URL). Dates are `YYYY-MM-DD` strings.

**4. Caching:** `cache-control: max-age=<countdown>` — `517` on one GET, `3581` on a HEAD moments later (a per-edge remaining-TTL, not a policy constant); `expires` present. Same `ETag`/`Last-Modified` on GET and HEAD. Schema file is JSON Schema draft-07.

Reproduce:

```
U=https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json
curl -s -D h.txt -o kev.json $U; grep -i -E '^(etag|last-modified)' h.txt
curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code} %{size_download}\n' -H "If-None-Match: $(grep -i '^etag' h.txt | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r')" $U   # 200 1758918
curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code} %{size_download}\n' -H "If-Modified-Since: $(grep -i '^last-modified' h.txt | cut -d' ' -f2- | tr -d '\r')" $U   # 304 0
python3 -c "import json;d=json.load(open('kev.json'));print(d['catalogVersion'],d['count'],len(d['vulnerabilities']))"
```

How observed: 2026-09-30, direct keyless HTTPS (curl, UA `nh-batch12-sec-scout/1.0`): 1 GET + 1 HEAD + 6 conditional GETs + CSV + schema; field statistics computed over the downloaded array.

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