diff --git a/changes/19775-clarify-cvss-score b/changes/19775-clarify-cvss-score
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18ea1f0bc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/19775-clarify-cvss-score
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* Clarify Fleet uses CVSS base score version 3.x
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend/pages/SoftwarePage/SoftwareVulnerabilityDetailsPage/SoftwareVulnSummary/SoftwareVulnSummary.tsx b/frontend/pages/SoftwarePage/SoftwareVulnerabilityDetailsPage/SoftwareVulnSummary/SoftwareVulnSummary.tsx
index a2ce0c221c..42dc104b9f 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/SoftwarePage/SoftwareVulnerabilityDetailsPage/SoftwareVulnSummary/SoftwareVulnSummary.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/SoftwarePage/SoftwareVulnerabilityDetailsPage/SoftwareVulnSummary/SoftwareVulnSummary.tsx
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const SoftwareVulnSummary = ({
               <DataSet
                 title={
                   <TooltipWrapper
-                    tipContent="The worst case impact across different environments (CVSS base score). This data is reported by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)."
+                    tipContent="The worst case impact across different environments (CVSS version 3.x base score). This data is reported by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)."
                     // to match neighboring tooltip wrapper
                   >
                     Severity
diff --git a/frontend/pages/SoftwarePage/components/SoftwareVulnerabilitiesTable/SoftwareVulnerabilitiesTableConfig.tsx b/frontend/pages/SoftwarePage/components/SoftwareVulnerabilitiesTable/SoftwareVulnerabilitiesTableConfig.tsx
index 6dce48bf74..cc888d0aca 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/SoftwarePage/components/SoftwareVulnerabilitiesTable/SoftwareVulnerabilitiesTableConfig.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/SoftwarePage/components/SoftwareVulnerabilitiesTable/SoftwareVulnerabilitiesTableConfig.tsx
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ const generateTableConfig = (
           <TooltipWrapper
             tipContent={
               <>
-                The worst case impact across different environments (CVSS base
-                score).
+                The worst case impact across different environments (CVSS
+                version 3.x base score).
               </>
             }
           >