Package Instance
Lookup for vulnerable packages by Package URL.
GET /api/packages/499584?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/499584?format=api", "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/tar@1.31-r0?arch=ppc64le&distroversion=v3.14&reponame=main", "type": "apk", "namespace": "alpine", "name": "tar", "version": "1.31-r0", "qualifiers": { "arch": "ppc64le", "distroversion": "v3.14", "reponame": "main" }, "subpath": "", "is_vulnerable": false, "next_non_vulnerable_version": "1.34-r0", "latest_non_vulnerable_version": "1.34-r1", "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "fixing_vulnerabilities": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/101925?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-rf4x-27eg-sudu", "summary": "GNU Tar through 1.30, when --sparse is used, mishandles file shrinkage during read access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite read loop in sparse_dump_region in sparse.c) by modifying a file that is supposed to be archived by a different user's process (e.g., a system backup running as root).", "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-20482.json", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "5.5", "scoring_system": "cvssv3", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H" } ], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-20482.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-20482", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.0002", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.05804", "published_at": "2026-06-04T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0002", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.05775", "published_at": "2026-06-08T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0002", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.05817", "published_at": "2026-06-06T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0002", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.0582", "published_at": "2026-06-07T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0002", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.05827", "published_at": "2026-06-05T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-20482" }, { "reference_url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20482", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20482" }, { "reference_url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "5.5", "scoring_system": "cvssv3", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H" } ], "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1662346", "reference_id": "1662346", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1662346" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=917377", "reference_id": "917377", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=917377" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201901-1", "reference_id": "ASA-201901-1", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201901-1" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-841", "reference_id": "AVG-841", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "Low", "scoring_system": "archlinux", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-841" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-05", "reference_id": "GLSA-201903-05", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-05" }, { "reference_url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4692-1/", "reference_id": "USN-4692-1", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4692-1/" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/499584?format=api", "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/tar@1.31-r0?arch=ppc64le&distroversion=v3.14&reponame=main", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:apk/alpine/tar@1.31-r0%3Farch=ppc64le&distroversion=v3.14&reponame=main" } ], "aliases": [ "CVE-2018-20482" ], "risk_score": 2.5, "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "5.0", "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-rf4x-27eg-sudu" } ], "risk_score": null, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:apk/alpine/tar@1.31-r0%3Farch=ppc64le&distroversion=v3.14&reponame=main" }