Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/241500?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/241500?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-b7hq-5yyx-tuhs", "summary": "Node.js before 16.4.1, 14.17.2, and 12.22.2 is vulnerable to local privilege escalation attacks under certain conditions on Windows platforms. More specifically, improper configuration of permissions in the installation directory allows an attacker to perform two different escalation attacks: PATH and DLL hijacking.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2021-22921" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/372026?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/nodejs@16.4.1-1", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/nodejs@16.4.1-1" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/932803?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/nodejs@0?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/nodejs@0%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/932797?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/nodejs@12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u4?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, 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"affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-1vp3-fzdr-yqbm" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-2t7c-dju9-pff6" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-43sf-4r41-wugc" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-96yh-1wub-zucg" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-98fy-tedc-ube7" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-bjza-25hu-vkad" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-dgkh-jdah-wfh9" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-dt7u-3usg-9uet" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-twc8-ewm7-wkb1" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-u8bq-8jp4-jkem" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-v7uy-445x-tuan" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-wf5t-3pwz-c7d7" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-x1an-pjq4-nbby" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-xkpz-pb5y-jqcy" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/nodejs@18.20.4%252Bdfsg-1~deb12u1%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/932799?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/nodejs@20.19.2%2Bdfsg-1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/nodejs@20.19.2%252Bdfsg-1%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/932798?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/nodejs@22.22.2%2Bdfsg%2B~cs22.19.15-1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/nodejs@22.22.2%252Bdfsg%252B~cs22.19.15-1%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1063054?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/nodejs@22.22.2%2Bdfsg%2B~cs22.19.15-3?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/nodejs@22.22.2%252Bdfsg%252B~cs22.19.15-3%3Fdistro=trixie" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/372025?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/nodejs@16.4.0-1", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-4kjh-zmaz-tqb7" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-b7hq-5yyx-tuhs" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-nj6f-gujk-wqah" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-w93e-wkm9-kuex" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/nodejs@16.4.0-1" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-22921", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.00527", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.67167", "published_at": "2026-04-18T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00527", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.67048", "published_at": "2026-04-01T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00527", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.67085", "published_at": "2026-04-02T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00527", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.67109", "published_at": "2026-04-04T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00527", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.67083", "published_at": "2026-04-07T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00527", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.67133", "published_at": "2026-04-08T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00527", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.67145", "published_at": "2026-04-09T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00527", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.67164", "published_at": "2026-04-11T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00527", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.6715", "published_at": "2026-04-12T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00527", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.67119", "published_at": "2026-04-13T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00527", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.67152", "published_at": "2026-04-16T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-22921" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2130", "reference_id": "AVG-2130", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "Medium", "scoring_system": "archlinux", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2130" } ], "weaknesses": [], "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-b7hq-5yyx-tuhs" }