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Vulnerability Instance

Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.

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{
    "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/35586?format=api",
    "vulnerability_id": "VCID-3jaf-sdvt-dydn",
    "summary": "In freewvs before 0.1.1, a user could create a large file that freewvs will try to read, which will terminate a scan process. This has been patched in 0.1.1.",
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        {
            "alias": "CVE-2020-15100"
        },
        {
            "alias": "GHSA-9cfv-9463-8gqv"
        },
        {
            "alias": "PYSEC-2020-232"
        }
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            "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/17763?format=api",
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                    "vulnerability": "VCID-u9wf-wtur-rkcr"
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            "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-15100",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
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            "reference_type": "",
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                    "value": "LOW",
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            "reference_type": "",
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            "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities",
            "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017."
        },
        {
            "cwe_id": 770,
            "name": "Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling",
            "description": "The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor."
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}