From 7094059934b6451d23fcfbde536075362298c68a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: owilliams23 <owilliams@mitre.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:54:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] #24 resolution

---
 src/core/validate.ts | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
 src/utils/fs.ts      |  7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/core/validate.ts b/src/core/validate.ts
index ed341b8..c72182d 100644
--- a/src/core/validate.ts
+++ b/src/core/validate.ts
@@ -191,14 +191,28 @@ export class Validate {
    * @returns Validation diagnostics with either a success message or errors.
    */
   private async validateCveRecordSchema(cveRecord: JsonObject): Promise<Diagnostics> {
-    const validator = await this.cveRecordValidator;
-    const isValid = validator(cveRecord);
+    try {
+      const validator = await this.cveRecordValidator;
+      const isValid = validator(cveRecord);
 
-    return isValid
+      return isValid
       ? Diagnostics.success()
       : Diagnostics.failSchemaValidation(validator.errors ?? []);
+    } catch (error) {
+      const message =  [
+      'CVE Validation Library failed to validate CVE data.',
+      '',
+      'Try using npm to reinstall the library. If that does not work, file an issue in the repository:',
+      'https://github.com/CVEProject/cve-validation-library/issues/new',
+      '',
+     'Error: ${error.message}',
+      ].join('\n');
+      return Diagnostics.failSchemaValidation([message]);
+    }
   }
 
+    
+
   /**
    * Validates a CVE record with CVE-specific metadata prechecks before running
    * AJV JSON schema validation.
diff --git a/src/utils/fs.ts b/src/utils/fs.ts
index 0b08083..9b629fe 100644
--- a/src/utils/fs.ts
+++ b/src/utils/fs.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@ export async function resolveExistingPath(
   }
 
   const checkedPaths = candidates.join(', ');
-  throw new Error(`Unable to find ${fileName}. Checked: ${checkedPaths}`);
+  throw new Error(`CVE Validation Library failed to validate CVE data.
+ 
+    Try using npm to reinstall the library. If that does not work, file an issue in the repository:
+    https://github.com/CVEProject/cve-validation-library/issues/new
+ 
+    Error: Unable to find ${fileName}. Checked: ${checkedPaths}`);
 }
 
 /**

From a428b40c7e1830f2aa496d98650fac077d9fb960 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: owilliams23 <owilliams@mitre.org>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:26:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] bug fixes

---
 src/core/validate.ts | 25 ++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/core/validate.ts b/src/core/validate.ts
index c72182d..5dc5142 100644
--- a/src/core/validate.ts
+++ b/src/core/validate.ts
@@ -191,24 +191,23 @@ export class Validate {
    * @returns Validation diagnostics with either a success message or errors.
    */
   private async validateCveRecordSchema(cveRecord: JsonObject): Promise<Diagnostics> {
+    let validator;
     try {
-      const validator = await this.cveRecordValidator;
-      const isValid = validator(cveRecord);
+      validator = await this.cveRecordValidator;
+      
+    } catch (error) {
+      const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+
+      return Diagnostics.failSchemaValidation([
+        `Error: ${errorMessage}`,
+      ]);
+    }
+
+    const isValid = validator(cveRecord);
 
       return isValid
       ? Diagnostics.success()
       : Diagnostics.failSchemaValidation(validator.errors ?? []);
-    } catch (error) {
-      const message =  [
-      'CVE Validation Library failed to validate CVE data.',
-      '',
-      'Try using npm to reinstall the library. If that does not work, file an issue in the repository:',
-      'https://github.com/CVEProject/cve-validation-library/issues/new',
-      '',
-     'Error: ${error.message}',
-      ].join('\n');
-      return Diagnostics.failSchemaValidation([message]);
-    }
   }
 
     

From e18ae55270c0c4a2d77b95c1f5dcb1c7508eccf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: owilliams23 <owilliams@mitre.org>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:38:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] resolves comment

---
 src/core/validate.ts | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/core/validate.ts b/src/core/validate.ts
index 5dc5142..00bc3ab 100644
--- a/src/core/validate.ts
+++ b/src/core/validate.ts
@@ -205,9 +205,9 @@ export class Validate {
 
     const isValid = validator(cveRecord);
 
-      return isValid
-      ? Diagnostics.success()
-      : Diagnostics.failSchemaValidation(validator.errors ?? []);
+    return isValid
+    ? Diagnostics.success()
+    : Diagnostics.failSchemaValidation(validator.errors ?? []);
   }