Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/15921?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/15921?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-grv5-69mv-5fdr", "summary": "Improper Certificate Validation in Shibboleth Identity Provider and OpenSAML\nThe PKIX trust engines in Shibboleth Identity Provider before 2.4.4 and OpenSAML Java (OpenSAML-J) before 2.6.5 trust candidate X.509 credentials when no trusted names are available for the entityID, which allows remote attackers to impersonate an entity via a certificate issued by a shibmd:KeyAuthority trust anchor.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2015-1796" }, { "alias": "GHSA-78fq-w796-q537" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/84328?format=api", "purl": "pkg:maven/edu.internet2.middleware/shibboleth-identityprovider@2.4.4", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:maven/edu.internet2.middleware/shibboleth-identityprovider@2.4.4" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/993525?format=api", "purl": "pkg:maven/edu.internet2.middleware/shibboleth-identityprovider@2.4.3", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-grv5-69mv-5fdr" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:maven/edu.internet2.middleware/shibboleth-identityprovider@2.4.3" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/184603?format=api", "purl": "pkg:maven/org.opensaml/opensaml@2.5.3", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-2r1u-v64e-jbbw" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-grv5-69mv-5fdr" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-z9nz-nkff-kfez" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:maven/org.opensaml/opensaml@2.5.3" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/184604?format=api", "purl": "pkg:maven/org.opensaml/opensaml@2.6.0", "is_vulnerable": true, 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"reference_url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1176.html", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1176.html" }, { "reference_url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1177.html", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1177.html" }, { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-1796.json", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-1796.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-1796", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.00166", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.37425", 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"", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196619" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1796", "reference_id": "CVE-2015-1796", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1796" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-78fq-w796-q537", "reference_id": "GHSA-78fq-w796-q537", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1_qr", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-78fq-w796-q537" }, { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1176", "reference_id": "RHSA-2015:1176", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1176" }, { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1177", "reference_id": "RHSA-2015:1177", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], 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Here we're concerned with topics like authentication, access control, confidentiality, cryptography, and privilege management." }, { "cwe_id": 937, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013." }, { "cwe_id": 295, "name": "Improper Certificate Validation", "description": "The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate." } ], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": "4.0 - 6.9", "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "6.2", "risk_score": 3.1, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-grv5-69mv-5fdr" }