GET

Package Instance

Lookup for vulnerable packages by Package URL.

GET /api/packages/254386?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/254386?format=api",
    "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/bind@9.12.2_p1-r0?arch=x86_64&distroversion=v3.19&reponame=main",
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        "distroversion": "v3.19",
        "reponame": "main"
    },
    "subpath": "",
    "is_vulnerable": false,
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    "latest_non_vulnerable_version": "9.18.44-r0",
    "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [],
    "fixing_vulnerabilities": [
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            "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/6152?format=api",
            "vulnerability_id": "VCID-81e7-kfx5-9bec",
            "summary": "access restriction bypass",
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                    "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-5738",
                    "reference_id": "",
                    "reference_type": "",
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                },
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                    "reference_url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml",
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                    "reference_type": "",
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                    "reference_url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=901483",
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                    "reference_url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-718",
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                            "value": "Medium",
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                            "scoring_elements": ""
                        }
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                    "reference_url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3683-1/",
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}