Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/5816?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/5816?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-9h78-w1t8-7qg8", "summary": "privilege escalation", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2020-16125" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/2596?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/gdm@3.38.2-1", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-xtwx-px3j-qkez" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/gdm@3.38.2-1" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/96132?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/gdm3@3.38.2-1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/gdm3@3.38.2-1%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/6259?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/gdm3@3.38.2.1-1", "is_vulnerable": false, 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"http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/gdm3@48.0-2%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/96114?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/gdm3@49.2-4?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/gdm3@49.2-4%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1076566?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/gdm3@50.1-2?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/gdm3@50.1-2%3Fdistro=trixie" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/2595?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/gdm@3.38.1-3", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-9h78-w1t8-7qg8" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/gdm@3.38.1-3" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/6254?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/gdm3@2.30.5-6squeeze5", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-9h78-w1t8-7qg8" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-cftv-ck6r-3ye6" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-fc68-1nfc-mudr" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-h9qb-fyne-bfd1" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ve51-b7wj-3bgs" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-wkvp-8jsm-t7d1" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-xtwx-px3j-qkez" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ya2s-4dte-kkc8" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/gdm3@2.30.5-6squeeze5" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/6255?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/gdm3@3.4.1-8", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-9h78-w1t8-7qg8" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-cftv-ck6r-3ye6" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-fc68-1nfc-mudr" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-h9qb-fyne-bfd1" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ve51-b7wj-3bgs" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-xtwx-px3j-qkez" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ya2s-4dte-kkc8" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/gdm3@3.4.1-8" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/6256?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/gdm3@3.14.1-7", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-9h78-w1t8-7qg8" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-cftv-ck6r-3ye6" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-fc68-1nfc-mudr" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ve51-b7wj-3bgs" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-xtwx-px3j-qkez" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ya2s-4dte-kkc8" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/gdm3@3.14.1-7" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/6257?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/gdm3@3.22.3-3%2Bdeb9u2", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ 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"http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:rpm/redhat/gdm@1:3.28.3-39%3Farch=el8" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-16125.json", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "6.4", "scoring_system": "cvssv3", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H" } ], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-16125.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-16125", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.22102", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.95904", "published_at": "2026-06-06T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.22102", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.95897", "published_at": "2026-06-04T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.22102", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.95905", "published_at": "2026-06-07T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.22102", "scoring_system": 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"ASA-202011-5", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202011-5" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1264", "reference_id": "AVG-1264", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "High", "scoring_system": "archlinux", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1264" }, { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1586", "reference_id": "RHSA-2021:1586", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1586" }, { "reference_url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4614-1/", "reference_id": "USN-4614-1", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4614-1/" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 636, "name": "Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open')", "description": "When the product encounters an error condition or failure, its design requires it to fall back to a state that is less secure than other options that are available, such as 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