diff --git a/schema/CVE_Record_Format.json b/schema/CVE_Record_Format.json
index aaf5f5adb7c..6fb622ca615 100644
--- a/schema/CVE_Record_Format.json
+++ b/schema/CVE_Record_Format.json
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@
         "cpe22and23": {
             "type": "string",
             "description":"Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) Name in either 2.2 or 2.3 format",
-            "pattern": "([c][pP][eE]:/[AHOaho]?(:[A-Za-z0-9._\\-~%]*){0,6})|(cpe:2\\.3:[aho*\\-](:(((\\?*|\\*?)([a-zA-Z0-9\\-._]|(\\\\[\\\\*?!\"#$%&'()+,/:;<=>@\\[\\]\\^`{|}~]))+(\\?*|\\*?))|[*\\-])){5}(:(([a-zA-Z]{2,3}(-([a-zA-Z]{2}|[0-9]{3}))?)|[*\\-]))(:(((\\?*|\\*?)([a-zA-Z0-9\\-._]|(\\\\[\\\\*?!\"#$%&'()+,/:;<=>@\\[\\]\\^`{|}~]))+(\\?*|\\*?))|[*\\-])){4})",
+            "pattern": "^(([c][pP][eE]:/[AHOaho]?(:[A-Za-z0-9._\\-~%]*){0,6})|(cpe:2\\.3:[aho*\\-](:(((\\?*|\\*?)([a-zA-Z0-9\\-._]|(\\\\[\\\\*?!\"#$%&'()+,/:;<=>@\\[\\]\\^`{|}~]))+(\\?*|\\*?))|[*\\-])){5}(:(([a-zA-Z]{2,3}(-([a-zA-Z]{2}|[0-9]{3}))?)|[*\\-]))(:(((\\?*|\\*?)([a-zA-Z0-9\\-._]|(\\\\[\\\\*?!\"#$%&'()+,/:;<=>@\\[\\]\\^`{|}~]))+(\\?*|\\*?))|[*\\-])){4}))$",
             "minLength": 1,
             "maxLength": 2048
         },
         "cpe23": {
             "type": "string",
             "description":"Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) Name in 2.3 format",
-            "pattern": "(cpe:2\\.3:[aho*\\-](:(((\\?*|\\*?)([a-zA-Z0-9\\-._]|(\\\\[\\\\*?!\"#$%&'()+,/:;<=>@\\[\\]\\^`{|}~]))+(\\?*|\\*?))|[*\\-])){5}(:(([a-zA-Z]{2,3}(-([a-zA-Z]{2}|[0-9]{3}))?)|[*\\-]))(:(((\\?*|\\*?)([a-zA-Z0-9\\-._]|(\\\\[\\\\*?!\"#$%&'()+,/:;<=>@\\[\\]\\^`{|}~]))+(\\?*|\\*?))|[*\\-])){4})",
+            "pattern": "^(cpe:2\\.3:[aho*\\-](:(((\\?*|\\*?)([a-zA-Z0-9\\-._]|(\\\\[\\\\*?!\"#$%&'()+,/:;<=>@\\[\\]\\^`{|}~]))+(\\?*|\\*?))|[*\\-])){5}(:(([a-zA-Z]{2,3}(-([a-zA-Z]{2}|[0-9]{3}))?)|[*\\-]))(:(((\\?*|\\*?)([a-zA-Z0-9\\-._]|(\\\\[\\\\*?!\"#$%&'()+,/:;<=>@\\[\\]\\^`{|}~]))+(\\?*|\\*?))|[*\\-])){4})$",
             "minLength": 1,
             "maxLength": 2048
         },