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GET /api/vulnerabilities/14168?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/14168?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-gsqu-g2y4-a7ap", "summary": "Privilege Escalation in HashiCorp Consul\nHashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.2.0 up to 1.8.5 allowed operators with operator:read ACL permissions to read the Connect CA private key configuration. Fixed in 1.6.10, 1.7.10, and 1.8.6.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2020-28053" }, { "alias": "GHSA-6m72-467w-94rh" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/374158?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/consul@1.9.1-1", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/consul@1.9.1-1" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/585637?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/consul@1.8.6%2Bdfsg1-1?distro=bullseye", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/consul@1.8.6%252Bdfsg1-1%3Fdistro=bullseye" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1049168?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/consul@1.8.7%2Bdfsg1-2", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/consul@1.8.7%252Bdfsg1-2" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/583644?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/consul@1.8.7%2Bdfsg1-2?distro=bullseye", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/consul@1.8.7%252Bdfsg1-2%3Fdistro=bullseye" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/79243?format=api", "purl": "pkg:ebuild/app-admin/consul@1.9.17", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:ebuild/app-admin/consul@1.9.17" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/50303?format=api", "purl": "pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/consul@1.6.10", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/consul@1.6.10" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/50307?format=api", "purl": "pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/consul@1.7.10", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/consul@1.7.10" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/50308?format=api", "purl": "pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/consul@1.8.6", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:golang/github.com/hashicorp/consul@1.8.6" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/374157?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/consul@1.7.4-1", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-gsqu-g2y4-a7ap" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/consul@1.7.4-1" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1049167?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/consul@1.0.7~dfsg1-5", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-2dmf-rj8w-xycm" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-467g-8bds-t3ef" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-cqzz-az3e-kych" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ftvt-9nb3-xue3" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-gkgb-5g8x-7fgf" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-gsqu-g2y4-a7ap" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-jm2d-ejbf-qfhz" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-mv9z-hxmr-skfp" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-pet2-hhx7-g7fc" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-th2f-96u1-syhg" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-xzyq-wm1j-dkcu" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/consul@1.0.7~dfsg1-5" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-28053", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.00257", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.49091", "published_at": 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"name": "Incorrect Authorization", "description": "The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. 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