Vulnerability Instance

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{
    "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/69980?format=api",
    "vulnerability_id": "VCID-brpn-fbky-gfd4",
    "summary": "In the case of the cap_net service, when a key present in the old limit was omitted from the new limit, the missing key was treated as \"allow any\" instead of being rejected.\n\nIn certain scenarios, an application that had previously restricted a subset of network operations could ask for a new limit that extended the permissions of the process.",
    "aliases": [
        {
            "alias": "CVE-2026-45254"
        }
    ],
    "fixed_packages": [],
    "affected_packages": [],
    "references": [
        {
            "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-45254",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [
                {
                    "value": "0.00061",
                    "scoring_system": "epss",
                    "scoring_elements": "0.19267",
                    "published_at": "2026-06-11T12:55:00Z"
                },
                {
                    "value": "0.00061",
                    "scoring_system": "epss",
                    "scoring_elements": "0.19436",
                    "published_at": "2026-06-12T12:55:00Z"
                }
            ],
            "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-45254"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-26:24.cap_net.asc",
            "reference_id": "FreeBSD-SA-26:24.cap_net.asc",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [
                {
                    "value": "6.5",
                    "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1",
                    "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "value": "Track",
                    "scoring_system": "ssvc",
                    "scoring_elements": "SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-05-21T14:35:55Z/"
                }
            ],
            "url": "https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-26:24.cap_net.asc"
        }
    ],
    "weaknesses": [
        {
            "cwe_id": 269,
            "name": "Improper Privilege Management",
            "description": "The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor."
        }
    ],
    "exploits": [],
    "severity_range_score": "6.5 - 6.5",
    "exploitability": null,
    "weighted_severity": null,
    "risk_score": null,
    "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-brpn-fbky-gfd4"
}