Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/5464?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/5464?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-9byv-utef-ybfd", "summary": "arbitrary code execution", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2021-28473" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/2363?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/code@1.56.2-1", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/code@1.56.2-1" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/2362?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/code@1.55.2-1", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-3maw-d64v-hyag" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-4mvf-b9j6-e3by" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-6h7b-wwje-muc8" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-9byv-utef-ybfd" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-hha2-2z9m-hqe6" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-w2ev-aja3-jkdh" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/code@1.55.2-1" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-28473", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.09313", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.92906", "published_at": "2026-06-04T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-28473" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1819", "reference_id": "AVG-1819", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "High", "scoring_system": "archlinux", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1819" } ], "weaknesses": [], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": "7.0 - 8.9", "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "8.0", "risk_score": 4.0, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-9byv-utef-ybfd" }