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Vulnerability Instance

Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.

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    "vulnerability_id": "VCID-tbp1-4ah8-nqft",
    "summary": "Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the Chromium web\n    browser, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary\n    code.",
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