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Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.

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    "vulnerability_id": "VCID-y4vs-hxnb-qfam",
    "summary": "Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference\nElasticsearch Security versions 6.5.0 and 6.5.1 contain an XXE flaw in Machine Learning's find_file_structure API. If a policy allowing external network access has been added to Elasticsearch's Java Security Manager then an attacker could send a specially crafted request capable of leaking content of local files on the Elasticsearch node. This could allow a user to access information that they should not have access to.",
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            "alias": "CVE-2018-17247"
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