diff --git a/v2/cmd/cve-annotate/main.go b/v2/cmd/cve-annotate/main.go
index c2ccaa76..3e21fe94 100644
--- a/v2/cmd/cve-annotate/main.go
+++ b/v2/cmd/cve-annotate/main.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func getCVEData(client *nvd.Client, filePath, data string) {
 	cveName := matches[0][1]
 
 	severityMatches := severityRegex.FindAllStringSubmatch(data, 1)
-	if len(matches) == 0 {
+	if len(severityMatches) == 0 {
 		return
 	}
 	severityValue := severityMatches[0][1]