diff --git a/controllers/csaf_controller.go b/controllers/csaf_controller.go
index 5b25c632..e0ecd38b 100644
--- a/controllers/csaf_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/csaf_controller.go
@@ -245,7 +245,6 @@ func (controller *CSAFController) GetReportsByYearHTML(ctx shared.Context) error
 	// extract the requested year and build the revision history first
 	year := strings.TrimRight(ctx.Param("year"), "/")
 	allVulns, err := controller.dependencyVulnRepository.GetAllVulnsByAssetID(nil, asset.ID)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -257,6 +256,12 @@ func (controller *CSAFController) GetReportsByYearHTML(ctx shared.Context) error
 	vulnsOfThatYear := utils.Filter(allVulns, func(vuln models.DependencyVuln) bool {
 		return len(vuln.Events) > 0 && vuln.Events[0].CreatedAt.Year() == yearNumber
 	})
+
+	// deduplicate Slice to avoid listing the same CVEs
+	vulnsOfThatYear = utils.DeduplicateSlice(vulnsOfThatYear, func(vuln models.DependencyVuln) string {
+		return vuln.CVEID
+	})
+
 	type pageData struct {
 		Year           int
 		Filenames      []string
diff --git a/database/repositories/dependency_vuln_repository.go b/database/repositories/dependency_vuln_repository.go
index 295bcfac..f96b966f 100644
--- a/database/repositories/dependency_vuln_repository.go
+++ b/database/repositories/dependency_vuln_repository.go
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ func (repository *dependencyVulnRepository) GetByAssetVersionPaged(tx *gorm.DB,
 		packageNameQuery = packageNameQuery.Where(f.SQL(), f.Value())
 	}
 
+	if search != "" && len(search) > 2 {
+		packageNameQuery.Where("(\"CVE\".description ILIKE ?  OR dependency_vulns.cve_id ILIKE ? OR component_purl ILIKE ?)", "%"+search+"%", "%"+search+"%", "%"+search+"%")
+	}
+
 	// apply sorting
 	if len(sort) > 0 {
 		for _, s := range sort {
diff --git a/utils/common.go b/utils/common.go
index 6ae9c30a..92c3b254 100644
--- a/utils/common.go
+++ b/utils/common.go
@@ -158,3 +158,18 @@ func GetDirFromPath(path string) string {
 	}
 	return path
 }
+
+// DeduplicateSlice deduplicates a slice in O(n) out of place.
+func DeduplicateSlice[T any](slice []T, idFunc func(t T) string) []T {
+	deduplicatedSlice := make([]T, 0, len(slice))
+	seen := make(map[string]struct{}, len(slice))
+	for i := range slice {
+		id := idFunc(slice[i])
+		if _, ok := seen[id]; ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		seen[id] = struct{}{}
+		deduplicatedSlice = append(deduplicatedSlice, slice[i])
+	}
+	return deduplicatedSlice
+}