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diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst
index ca6d594386..d7f0b263e7 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst
@@ -11507,8 +11507,15 @@ known security vulnerabilities, as tracked by the public
 `Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures>`__
 database.
 
-To know which packages are vulnerable to known security vulnerabilities,
-add the following setting to your configuration::
+The Yocto Project maintains a `list of known vulnerabilities
+<https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/>`__
+for packages in Poky and OE-Core, tracking the evolution of the number of
+unpatched CVEs and the status of patches. Such information is available for
+the current development version and for each supported release.
+
+To know which packages are vulnerable to known security vulnerabilities
+in the specific image you are building, add the following setting to your
+configuration::
 
    INHERIT += "cve-check"