Package Instance
Lookup for vulnerable packages by Package URL.
GET /api/packages/972526?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/972526?format=api", "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/shadow@4.2.1-r7?arch=armv7&distroversion=edge&reponame=community", "type": "apk", "namespace": "alpine", "name": "shadow", "version": "4.2.1-r7", "qualifiers": { "arch": "armv7", "distroversion": "edge", "reponame": "community" }, "subpath": "", "is_vulnerable": false, "next_non_vulnerable_version": "4.2.1-r11", "latest_non_vulnerable_version": "4.13-r4", "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "fixing_vulnerabilities": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/38974?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-ueu4-n6bt-xfat", "summary": "Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Shadow, the worst of\n which might allow privilege escalation.", "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-6252.json", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "5.3", "scoring_system": "cvssv3", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L" } ], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-6252.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6252", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.00103", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.28229", "published_at": "2026-04-01T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00103", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.27827", "published_at": "2026-04-29T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00103", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.28016", "published_at": "2026-04-24T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00103", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.27904", "published_at": "2026-04-26T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00103", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.28299", "published_at": "2026-04-02T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00103", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.28343", "published_at": "2026-04-04T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00103", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.28134", "published_at": "2026-04-07T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00103", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.282", "published_at": "2026-04-08T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00103", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.28243", "published_at": "2026-04-09T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00103", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.28249", "published_at": "2026-04-11T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00103", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.28206", "published_at": "2026-04-12T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00103", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.28148", "published_at": "2026-04-13T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00103", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.28161", "published_at": "2026-04-16T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00103", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.28142", "published_at": "2026-04-18T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00103", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.28099", "published_at": "2026-04-21T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-6252" }, { "reference_url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6252", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6252" }, { "reference_url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-2616", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-2616" }, { "reference_url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "4.1", "scoring_system": "cvssv2", "scoring_elements": "AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P" }, { "value": "7.8", "scoring_system": "cvssv3", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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=1358625", "reference_id": "1358625", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358625" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=832170", "reference_id": "832170", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=832170" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02", "reference_id": "GLSA-201706-02", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02" }, { "reference_url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3276-1/", "reference_id": "USN-3276-1", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3276-1/" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/972526?format=api", "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/shadow@4.2.1-r7?arch=armv7&distroversion=edge&reponame=community", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:apk/alpine/shadow@4.2.1-r7%3Farch=armv7&distroversion=edge&reponame=community" } ], "aliases": [ "CVE-2016-6252" ], "risk_score": 2.4, "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "4.8", "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-ueu4-n6bt-xfat" } ], "risk_score": null, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:apk/alpine/shadow@4.2.1-r7%3Farch=armv7&distroversion=edge&reponame=community" }