Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.

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    "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/5946?format=api",
    "vulnerability_id": "VCID-2jka-txy5-sye1",
    "summary": "multiple issues",
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            "alias": "CVE-2020-35478"
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        {
            "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-35478",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [
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                    "published_at": "2026-05-30T12:55:00Z"
                }
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