Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/42576?format=api
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"http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch@7.16.1" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/560794?format=api", "purl": "pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch@7.16.2", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-2a5m-mwus-6khv" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-2dh7-uz4v-m7by" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-2md6-nqhd-uud1" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-4kx9-b641-87hu" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-4vxx-vbrq-qffw" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-5h57-66jn-63ab" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-81b9-8s1p-jfhu" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-jauz-t6az-2yer" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-mq5y-672j-t3eb" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-n2gb-4wdb-kqdf" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-pb37-mn1e-afg2" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-wgz4-ubu8-zbhu" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:maven/org.elasticsearch/elasticsearch@7.16.2" }, { "url": 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"", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220729-0003/" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2066385", "reference_id": "2066385", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2066385" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23708", "reference_id": "CVE-2022-23708", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "4.3", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23708" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pgq6-ccqj-hpqr", "reference_id": "GHSA-pgq6-ccqj-hpqr", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1_qr", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": 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"weighted_severity": "6.2", "risk_score": 3.1, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-4kx9-b641-87hu" }