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Vulnerability Instance

Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.

GET /api/vulnerabilities/56606?format=api
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{
    "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/56606?format=api",
    "vulnerability_id": "VCID-a9bx-8su2-97ap",
    "summary": "Multiple vulnerabilities were found in MySQL, some of which may\n    allow execution of arbitrary code.",
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        {
            "alias": "CVE-2009-4028"
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