diff --git a/make/migrations/postgresql/0120_2.9.0_schema.up.sql b/make/migrations/postgresql/0120_2.9.0_schema.up.sql
index 19c4a5c3d..d69ace2eb 100644
--- a/make/migrations/postgresql/0120_2.9.0_schema.up.sql
+++ b/make/migrations/postgresql/0120_2.9.0_schema.up.sql
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ BEGIN
     END IF;
 END $$;
 
+/* to improve the query of dangerousCVESQL it requires to query with vuln_record_id */
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_report_vulnerability_record_vuln_record_id ON report_vulnerability_record (vuln_record_id);
+
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_vulnerability_record_cvss_score_v3 ON vulnerability_record (cvss_score_v3);
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_vulnerability_registration_uuid ON vulnerability_record (registration_uuid);
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_vulnerability_record_cve_id ON vulnerability_record (cve_id);
diff --git a/src/pkg/securityhub/dao/security.go b/src/pkg/securityhub/dao/security.go
index c38839643..20495a04d 100644
--- a/src/pkg/securityhub/dao/security.go
+++ b/src/pkg/securityhub/dao/security.go
@@ -79,12 +79,27 @@ WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1
                                                                                       WHERE s.digest = a.digest and s.registration_uuid = ?))`
 
 	// sql to query the dangerous CVEs
-	dangerousCVESQL = `select vr.*
-from vulnerability_record vr
-where vr.cvss_score_v3 is not null
-and vr.registration_uuid = ?
-order by vr.cvss_score_v3 desc
-limit 5`
+	// sort the CVEs by CVSS score and severity level, make sure it is referred by a report
+	dangerousCVESQL = `SELECT vr.id,
+       vr.cve_id,
+       vr.package,
+       vr.cvss_score_v3,
+       vr.description,
+       vr.fixed_version,
+       vr.severity,
+       CASE vr.severity
+           WHEN 'Critical' THEN 5
+           WHEN 'High' THEN 4
+           WHEN 'Medium' THEN 3
+           WHEN 'Low' THEN 2
+           WHEN 'None' THEN 1
+           WHEN 'Unknown' THEN 0 END AS severity_level
+FROM vulnerability_record vr
+WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM report_vulnerability_record WHERE vuln_record_id = vr.id)
+  AND vr.cvss_score_v3 IS NOT NULL
+  AND vr.registration_uuid = ?
+ORDER BY vr.cvss_score_v3 DESC, severity_level DESC
+LIMIT 5`
 
 	// sql to query vulnerabilities
 	vulnerabilitySQL = `select  vr.cve_id, vr.cvss_score_v3, vr.package, a.repository_name, a.id artifact_id, a.digest, vr.package, vr.package_version, vr.severity, vr.fixed_version, vr.description, vr.urls, a.project_id
diff --git a/src/pkg/securityhub/dao/security_test.go b/src/pkg/securityhub/dao/security_test.go
index 6b792196d..328b59520 100644
--- a/src/pkg/securityhub/dao/security_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/securityhub/dao/security_test.go
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ values (1003, 1, 'library/hello-world', 'digest1003', 'IMAGE', '2023-06-02 09:16
 		INSERT INTO vulnerability_record(cve_id, registration_uuid, cvss_score_v3, package) VALUES ('CVE-2021-21345', 'uuid2', 9.9, 'com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream');
 		INSERT INTO vulnerability_record(cve_id, registration_uuid, cvss_score_v3, package) VALUES ('CVE-2016-1585', 'uuid2', 9.8, 'libapparmor1');
 		INSERT INTO vulnerability_record(cve_id, registration_uuid, cvss_score_v3, package) VALUES ('CVE-2023-0950', 'uuid2', 9.8, 'ure');
-		INSERT INTO vulnerability_record(cve_id, registration_uuid, cvss_score_v3, package) VALUES ('CVE-2022-47629', 'uuid2', 9.8, 'libksba8');
-		`,
+		INSERT INTO vulnerability_record(cve_id, registration_uuid, cvss_score_v3, package) VALUES ('CVE-2022-47629', 'uuid2', 9.8, 'libksba8');`,
+		`INSERT INTO report_vulnerability_record(report_uuid, vuln_record_id) select 'uuid', id vuln_record_id from vulnerability_record where cve_id in ('CVE-2021-44228', 'CVE-2021-21345', 'CVE-2016-1585', 'CVE-2023-0950', 'CVE-2022-47629')`,
 	})
 }
 
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ func (suite *SecurityDaoTestSuite) TearDownTest() {
 		`delete from scanner_registration where uuid='uuid2'`,
 		`delete from vulnerability_record where cve_id='2023-4567-12345'`,
 		`delete from report_vulnerability_record where report_uuid='ruuid'`,
+		`delete from report_vulnerability_record where report_uuid='uuid'`,
 		`delete from vulnerability_record where registration_uuid ='uuid2'`,
 		`delete from tag where name='tag_test'`,
 	})