diff --git a/PROJECTS/advanced/monitor-the-situation-dashboard/backend/internal/collectors/cve/epss_client.go b/PROJECTS/advanced/monitor-the-situation-dashboard/backend/internal/collectors/cve/epss_client.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7dc5cf7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PROJECTS/advanced/monitor-the-situation-dashboard/backend/internal/collectors/cve/epss_client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+// ©AngelaMos | 2026
+// epss_client.go
+
+package cve
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/url"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
+
+	"github.com/carterperez-dev/monitor-the-situation/backend/internal/httpx"
+)
+
+const (
+	epssBatchSize         = 100
+	defaultEPSSBaseURL    = "https://api.first.org"
+	pathEPSS              = "/data/v1/epss"
+	defaultEPSSRate       = 500 * time.Millisecond
+	defaultEPSSBurst      = 5
+	defaultEPSSBudget     = 5
+	defaultEPSSBreakerWin = 60 * time.Second
+)
+
+type EPSSClientConfig struct {
+	BaseURL string
+}
+
+type EPSSClient struct {
+	hx *httpx.Client
+}
+
+func NewEPSSClient(cfg EPSSClientConfig) *EPSSClient {
+	if cfg.BaseURL == "" {
+		cfg.BaseURL = defaultEPSSBaseURL
+	}
+	return &EPSSClient{
+		hx: httpx.New(httpx.Config{
+			Name:                     "epss",
+			BaseURL:                  cfg.BaseURL,
+			Rate:                     rate.Every(defaultEPSSRate),
+			Burst:                    defaultEPSSBurst,
+			ConsecutiveFailureBudget: defaultEPSSBudget,
+			BreakerTimeout:           defaultEPSSBreakerWin,
+		}),
+	}
+}
+
+type EPSSScore struct {
+	CveID      string  `json:"cve"`
+	Score      float64 `json:"-"`
+	Percentile float64 `json:"-"`
+	ScoreRaw   string  `json:"epss"`
+	PctileRaw  string  `json:"percentile"`
+	Date       string  `json:"date"`
+}
+
+type EPSSResponse struct {
+	Data []EPSSScore `json:"data"`
+}
+
+func (c *EPSSClient) LookupBatch(ctx context.Context, cveIDs []string) (map[string]EPSSScore, error) {
+	out := map[string]EPSSScore{}
+	for i := 0; i < len(cveIDs); i += epssBatchSize {
+		end := i + epssBatchSize
+		if end > len(cveIDs) {
+			end = len(cveIDs)
+		}
+		chunk := cveIDs[i:end]
+		q := url.Values{"cve": []string{strings.Join(chunk, ",")}}
+		var resp EPSSResponse
+		if err := c.hx.GetJSON(ctx, pathEPSS, q, &resp); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("epss batch [%d:%d]: %w", i, end, err)
+		}
+		for _, s := range resp.Data {
+			s.Score, _ = strconv.ParseFloat(s.ScoreRaw, 64)
+			s.Percentile, _ = strconv.ParseFloat(s.PctileRaw, 64)
+			out[s.CveID] = s
+		}
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
diff --git a/PROJECTS/advanced/monitor-the-situation-dashboard/backend/internal/collectors/cve/epss_client_test.go b/PROJECTS/advanced/monitor-the-situation-dashboard/backend/internal/collectors/cve/epss_client_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..638adf56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PROJECTS/advanced/monitor-the-situation-dashboard/backend/internal/collectors/cve/epss_client_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+// ©AngelaMos | 2026
+// epss_client_test.go
+
+package cve_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/carterperez-dev/monitor-the-situation/backend/internal/collectors/cve"
+)
+
+func TestEPSSClient_BatchLookupDecodesScores(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		ids := r.URL.Query().Get("cve")
+		require.True(t, strings.Contains(ids, "CVE-2024-3094"))
+		body, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/epss_batch.json")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		_, _ = w.Write(body)
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := cve.NewEPSSClient(cve.EPSSClientConfig{BaseURL: srv.URL})
+	scores, err := c.LookupBatch(context.Background(), []string{"CVE-2024-3094", "CVE-2024-21413"})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotEmpty(t, scores)
+
+	got := scores["CVE-2024-3094"]
+	require.InDelta(t, 0.84588, got.Score, 0.0001)
+	require.InDelta(t, 0.99335, got.Percentile, 0.0001)
+}
+
+func TestEPSSClient_ChunksOver100PerRequest(t *testing.T) {
+	var hits atomic.Int32
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		hits.Add(1)
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"data":[]}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := cve.NewEPSSClient(cve.EPSSClientConfig{BaseURL: srv.URL})
+
+	ids := make([]string, 250)
+	for i := range ids {
+		ids[i] = "CVE-2024-X"
+	}
+	_, err := c.LookupBatch(context.Background(), ids)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.EqualValues(t, 3, hits.Load())
+}
+
+func TestEPSSClient_EmptyInputReturnsEmptyMap(t *testing.T) {
+	c := cve.NewEPSSClient(cve.EPSSClientConfig{BaseURL: "http://invalid"})
+	out, err := c.LookupBatch(context.Background(), nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Empty(t, out)
+}
diff --git a/PROJECTS/advanced/monitor-the-situation-dashboard/backend/internal/collectors/cve/testdata/epss_batch.json b/PROJECTS/advanced/monitor-the-situation-dashboard/backend/internal/collectors/cve/testdata/epss_batch.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce667a5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PROJECTS/advanced/monitor-the-situation-dashboard/backend/internal/collectors/cve/testdata/epss_batch.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"status":"OK","status-code":200,"version":"1.0","access":"public","total":2,"offset":0,"limit":100,"data":[{"cve":"CVE-2024-3094","epss":"0.845880000","percentile":"0.993350000","date":"2026-05-01"},{"cve":"CVE-2024-21413","epss":"0.929920000","percentile":"0.997830000","date":"2026-05-01"}]}