diff --git a/src/controller/cve.controller/cve.middleware.js b/src/controller/cve.controller/cve.middleware.js
index e5d369b5..b04a5178 100644
--- a/src/controller/cve.controller/cve.middleware.js
+++ b/src/controller/cve.controller/cve.middleware.js
@@ -168,7 +168,13 @@ function validateDatePublic (dateIndex) {
 
 function datePublicHelper (datePublic) {
   const currentDate = new Date().toISOString()
-  return currentDate > datePublic
+
+  // Allows for a 24 grace period before provided datePublic date
+  let datePublicWithGracePeriod = new Date(datePublic)
+  datePublicWithGracePeriod.setDate(datePublicWithGracePeriod.getDate() - 1)
+  datePublicWithGracePeriod = datePublicWithGracePeriod.toISOString()
+
+  return currentDate > datePublicWithGracePeriod
 }
 
 // Organizations in the ADP pilot are generating JSON programatically, and thus
diff --git a/src/controller/cve.controller/index.js b/src/controller/cve.controller/index.js
index 1b4362f3..f64b99f4 100644
--- a/src/controller/cve.controller/index.js
+++ b/src/controller/cve.controller/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const mw = require('../../middleware/middleware')
 const errorMsgs = require('../../middleware/errorMessages')
 const controller = require('./cve.controller')
 const { body, param, query } = require('express-validator')
-const { parseGetParams, parsePostParams, parseError, validateCveCnaContainerJsonSchema, validateCveAdpContainerJsonSchema, validateRejectBody, validateUniqueEnglishEntry, validateDescription } = require('./cve.middleware')
+const { parseGetParams, parsePostParams, parseError, validateCveCnaContainerJsonSchema, validateCveAdpContainerJsonSchema, validateRejectBody, validateUniqueEnglishEntry, validateDescription, validateDatePublic } = require('./cve.middleware')
 const getConstants = require('../../constants').getConstants
 const CONSTANTS = getConstants()
 const CHOICES = [CONSTANTS.CVE_STATES.REJECTED, CONSTANTS.CVE_STATES.PUBLISHED]
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ router.post('/cve/:id',
   // the lang key to check depends on the state, so pass both
   validateUniqueEnglishEntry(['containers.cna.descriptions', 'containers.cna.rejectedReasons']),
   validateDescription(['containers.cna.rejectedReasons', 'containers.cna.descriptions', 'containers.cna.problemTypes[0].descriptions']),
+  validateDatePublic(['containers.cna.datePublic']),
   param(['id']).isString().matches(CONSTANTS.CVE_ID_REGEX),
   parseError,
   parsePostParams,
@@ -527,6 +528,7 @@ router.put('/cve/:id',
   // the lang key to check depends on the state, so pass both
   validateUniqueEnglishEntry(['containers.cna.descriptions', 'containers.cna.rejectedReasons']),
   validateDescription(['containers.cna.rejectedReasons', 'containers.cna.descriptions', 'containers.cna.problemTypes[0].descriptions']),
+  validateDatePublic(['containers.cna.datePublic']),
   param(['id']).isString().matches(CONSTANTS.CVE_ID_REGEX),
   parseError,
   parsePostParams,
@@ -617,6 +619,7 @@ router.post('/cve/:id/cna',
   validateCveCnaContainerJsonSchema,
   validateUniqueEnglishEntry('cnaContainer.descriptions'),
   validateDescription(['cnaContainer.descriptions', 'cnaContainer.problemTypes[0].descriptions']),
+  validateDatePublic(['containers.cna.datePublic']),
   param(['id']).isString().matches(CONSTANTS.CVE_ID_REGEX),
   parseError,
   parsePostParams,
@@ -709,6 +712,7 @@ router.put('/cve/:id/cna',
   validateCveCnaContainerJsonSchema,
   validateUniqueEnglishEntry('cnaContainer.descriptions'),
   validateDescription(['cnaContainer.descriptions', 'cnaContainer.problemTypes[0].descriptions']),
+  validateDatePublic(['containers.cna.datePublic']),
   param(['id']).isString().matches(CONSTANTS.CVE_ID_REGEX),
   parseError,
   parsePostParams,
diff --git a/test/unit-tests/cve/validateDatePublicTest.js b/test/unit-tests/cve/validateDatePublicTest.js
index b0c1e0e7..4ba4dd67 100644
--- a/test/unit-tests/cve/validateDatePublicTest.js
+++ b/test/unit-tests/cve/validateDatePublicTest.js
@@ -22,5 +22,12 @@ describe('Testing validateDatePublic middleware', () => {
       const result = datePublicHelper(validDatePublicRecord.containers.cna.datePublic)
       expect(result).to.be.true
     })
+    it('Should return true for records with datePublic within 24 hours of currentDate', () => {
+      let datePublic = new Date()
+      datePublic.setDate(datePublic.getDate() - 1)
+      datePublic = datePublic.toISOString()
+      const result = datePublicHelper(datePublic)
+      expect(result).to.be.true
+    })
   })
 })