Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/27670?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/27670?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-4t1u-6c97-27fr", "summary": "", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2002-0043" } ], "fixed_packages": [], "affected_packages": [], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2002-0043", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.00193", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.4107", "published_at": "2026-05-30T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2002-0043" }, { "reference_url": "https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/21227.sh", "reference_id": "CVE-2002-0043;OSVDB-2025", "reference_type": "exploit", "scores": [], "url": "https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/21227.sh" }, { "reference_url": "https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3871/info", "reference_id": "CVE-2002-0043;OSVDB-2025", "reference_type": "exploit", "scores": [], "url": "https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3871/info" } ], "weaknesses": [], "exploits": [ { "date_added": "2002-01-14", "description": "Sudo 1.6.3 - Unclean Environment Variable Privilege Escalation", "required_action": null, "due_date": null, "notes": null, "known_ransomware_campaign_use": true, "source_date_published": "2002-01-14", "exploit_type": "local", "platform": "linux", "source_date_updated": "2016-09-21", "data_source": "Exploit-DB", "source_url": "https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3871/info" } ], "severity_range_score": null, "exploitability": null, "weighted_severity": null, "risk_score": null, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-4t1u-6c97-27fr" }