diff --git a/security_tools/redhat_tools/rhel_security_api_client.rb b/security_tools/redhat_tools/rhel_security_api_client.rb
index 8e70073..0cea316 100644
--- a/security_tools/redhat_tools/rhel_security_api_client.rb
+++ b/security_tools/redhat_tools/rhel_security_api_client.rb
@@ -41,4 +41,9 @@ class RhelSecurityApiClient
       }
     end
   end
+
+  def cve_id(cve_id)
+    params = {}
+    request("/cve/#{cve_id}.json", params)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/security_tools/redhat_tools/rpm_pkg_audit.rb b/security_tools/redhat_tools/rpm_pkg_audit.rb
index 11eb5bc..1ac6129 100755
--- a/security_tools/redhat_tools/rpm_pkg_audit.rb
+++ b/security_tools/redhat_tools/rpm_pkg_audit.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ require 'optparse'
 require 'json'
 require './rhel_rpm_to_cve'
 require './rhel_security_api_client'
+require 'pry'
 
 ARGV << '-h' if ARGV.empty?
 
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ parser = OptionParser.new do |parser|
   parser.on('-r', '--refresh', 'Refresh rpm-to-cve.xml file with latest pkgs and cves') do |_refresh|
     options[:refresh] = true
   end
+  parser.on('-c', '--cve CVE_ID', 'Takes a cve id and returns cve json from redhats security API.') do |cve|
+    options[:cve] = cve
+  end
 end
 
 parser.parse!
@@ -39,6 +43,7 @@ end
 rpm_auditer = RhelRpmToCve.new(filepath: data_file)
 rhel_api_client = RhelSecurityApiClient.new
 
+# this is getting long and nasty probably change this to a case statment
 if xmlpkg_name
   json = rpm_auditer.cves_per_pkg_name(xmlpkg_name).to_json
   puts JSON.pretty_generate(JSON.parse(json))
@@ -49,6 +54,10 @@ elsif pkg_name
   puts JSON.pretty_generate(cve_pkgs_and_adv)
 elsif options[:refresh]
   rpm_auditer.refresh_rpm_to_cve_file('./rpm-to-cve.xml')
+elsif options[:cve]
+  cve = options[:cve]
+  r = rhel_api_client.cve_id(cve)
+  puts JSON.pretty_generate(r)
 else options.key?(:list)
-  puts rpm_auditer.list_pkg_names.sort
+     puts rpm_auditer.list_pkg_names.sort
 end