Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/9469?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/9469?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-etvv-bvc3-qyan", "summary": "Improper Link Resolution Before File Access\nDuring the spawning of a malicious Passenger-managed application, SpawningKit in Phusion Passenger allows such applications to replace key files or directories in the spawning communication directory with symlinks. This then could result in arbitrary reads and writes, which in turn can result in information disclosure and privilege escalation.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2018-12026" }, { "alias": "GHSA-7cv3-gvmc-8mq5" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/934478?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/passenger@0?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/passenger@0%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/934479?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/passenger@5.0.30-1.2%2Bdeb11u1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-fhu6-3k8p-aub2" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/passenger@5.0.30-1.2%252Bdeb11u1%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/934477?format=api", "purl": 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"is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:ebuild/www-apache/passenger@5.3.2" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/29114?format=api", "purl": "pkg:gem/passenger@5.3.2", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:gem/passenger@5.3.2" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/29113?format=api", "purl": "pkg:gem/passenger@5.3.0", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-a91w-ppku-ebfc" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-e99s-zs31-c3cn" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-etvv-bvc3-qyan" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-xn3j-fysa-ybga" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-z5g4-xxf6-vbbh" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:gem/passenger@5.3.0" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/173322?format=api", "purl": "pkg:gem/passenger@5.3.1", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-a91w-ppku-ebfc" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-e99s-zs31-c3cn" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-etvv-bvc3-qyan" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-xn3j-fysa-ybga" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-z5g4-xxf6-vbbh" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:gem/passenger@5.3.1" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-12026.json", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "7.1", "scoring_system": "cvssv3", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N" } ], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-12026.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-12026", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.01123", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.78293", "published_at": 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"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:phusion:passenger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_id": "cpe:2.3:a:phusion:passenger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:phusion:passenger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12026", "reference_id": "CVE-2018-12026", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "7.5", "scoring_system": "cvssv2", "scoring_elements": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P" }, { "value": "9.8", "scoring_system": "cvssv3", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H" }, { "value": "9.8", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H" }, { "value": "CRITICAL", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12026" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7cv3-gvmc-8mq5", "reference_id": "GHSA-7cv3-gvmc-8mq5", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "CRITICAL", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1_qr", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7cv3-gvmc-8mq5" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-02", "reference_id": "GLSA-201807-02", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "9.8", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H" }, { "value": "CRITICAL", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-02" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 1035, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017." }, { "cwe_id": 59, "name": "Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link 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