Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/2209?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/2209?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-nzwm-hy2d-f7e1", "summary": "multiple issues", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2017-17434" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1082?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/rsync@3.1.3pre1-1", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/rsync@3.1.3pre1-1" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1081?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/rsync@3.1.2-8", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-1x5a-pc57-cuau" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-cgn7-47vj-2fe7" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-nzwm-hy2d-f7e1" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-pdbr-jc9d-27g2" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ubpj-p1b7-xket" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/rsync@3.1.2-8" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-17434", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.01156", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.78857", "published_at": "2026-05-30T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-17434" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201801-21", "reference_id": "ASA-201801-21", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201801-21" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-542", "reference_id": "AVG-542", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "Critical", "scoring_system": "archlinux", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-542" } ], "weaknesses": [], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": "9.0 - 10.0", "exploitability": null, "weighted_severity": null, "risk_score": null, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-nzwm-hy2d-f7e1" }