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Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/83132?format=api
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"http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/gnulib@20140202%252Bstable-2%252Bdeb9u1" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-17942.json", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "3.3", "scoring_system": "cvssv3", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L" } ], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-17942.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-17942", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.01838", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.82881", "published_at": "2026-04-01T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.01838", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.82897", "published_at": "2026-04-02T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.01838", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.8291", "published_at": "2026-04-04T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.01838", 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