GET

Package Instance

Lookup for vulnerable packages by Package URL.

GET /api/packages/218118?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
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Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/218118?format=api",
    "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/libxml2@2.9.4-r4?arch=x86_64&distroversion=v3.22&reponame=main",
    "type": "apk",
    "namespace": "alpine",
    "name": "libxml2",
    "version": "2.9.4-r4",
    "qualifiers": {
        "arch": "x86_64",
        "distroversion": "v3.22",
        "reponame": "main"
    },
    "subpath": "",
    "is_vulnerable": false,
    "next_non_vulnerable_version": "2.9.8-r1",
    "latest_non_vulnerable_version": "2.13.9-r1",
    "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [],
    "fixing_vulnerabilities": [
        {
            "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/3688?format=api",
            "vulnerability_id": "VCID-46tn-w59k-p3hr",
            "summary": "",
            "references": [
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                    "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-5969.json",
                    "reference_id": "",
                    "reference_type": "",
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                            "value": "5.5",
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                        }
                    ],
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                },
                {
                    "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5969",
                    "reference_id": "",
                    "reference_type": "",
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                            "value": "0.03505",
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                        }
                    ],
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                },
                {
                    "reference_url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5969",
                    "reference_id": "",
                    "reference_type": "",
                    "scores": [],
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                },
                {
                    "reference_url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml",
                    "reference_id": "",
                    "reference_type": "",
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                            "value": "2.6",
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                        }
                    ],
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                },
                {
                    "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421996",
                    "reference_id": "1421996",
                    "reference_type": "",
                    "scores": [],
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                },
                {
                    "reference_url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=855001",
                    "reference_id": "855001",
                    "reference_type": "",
                    "scores": [],
                    "url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=855001"
                }
            ],
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                {
                    "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/218118?format=api",
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                    "is_vulnerable": false,
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                }
            ],
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                "CVE-2017-5969"
            ],
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            "weighted_severity": "5.0",
            "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-46tn-w59k-p3hr"
        }
    ],
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}