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Vulnerability Instance

Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.

GET /api/vulnerabilities/10860?format=api
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{
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    "vulnerability_id": "VCID-csnq-wny2-ykau",
    "summary": "Cross-site Scripting\nA Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the format function in `libraries/sql-parser/src/Utils/Error.php` in the SQL parser in phpMyAdmin allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted query.",
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            "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities",
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