Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/72598?format=api
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"http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/libxml2@2.9.10%252Bdfsg-6.7%252Bdeb11u4%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/929196?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libxml2@2.9.14%2Bdfsg-1.3~deb12u5?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-62bb-e8vk-7uh4" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-d1ar-1945-sygd" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-knx8-5fpz-zbgn" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-nj3a-zqw9-6bga" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/libxml2@2.9.14%252Bdfsg-1.3~deb12u5%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/929200?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libxml2@2.12.7%2Bdfsg%2Breally2.9.14-2.1%2Bdeb13u2?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-62bb-e8vk-7uh4" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-d1ar-1945-sygd" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-knx8-5fpz-zbgn" }, { 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"reference_url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/1a8932303969907f6572b1b6aac4081c56adb5c6", "reference_id": "1a8932303969907f6572b1b6aac4081c56adb5c6", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "9.1", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H" }, { "value": "Track", "scoring_system": "ssvc", "scoring_elements": "SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-12-24T02:10:22Z/" } ], "url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/1a8932303969907f6572b1b6aac4081c56adb5c6" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2333871", "reference_id": "2333871", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2333871" }, { "reference_url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/761", "reference_id": "761", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "9.1", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H" 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