Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/56775?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/56775?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-fwr3-kw1f-bbbp", "summary": "polkit is vulnerable to local privilege escalation.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2015-3255" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/935563?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1@0.105-12?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1@0.105-12%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1037138?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1@0.105-15~deb8u2", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-2uwh-8f3g-6kc4" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-66y9-wrsz-gud9" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-d7rm-by3r-v3h3" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-eqar-k6xk-1ufh" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-f2ed-c3rs-yqgz" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-mmjs-fy7f-fkbt" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-yee7-fp2m-r7eg" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1@0.105-15~deb8u2" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/935555?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1@0.105-31%2Bdeb11u1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-5y4d-ph3y-5qgd" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-eqar-k6xk-1ufh" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-f2ed-c3rs-yqgz" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-hxfb-cmwp-j7c4" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1@0.105-31%252Bdeb11u1%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/935553?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1@122-3?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-5y4d-ph3y-5qgd" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-eqar-k6xk-1ufh" }, { "vulnerability": 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"pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1@127-3?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1@127-3%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/83164?format=api", "purl": "pkg:ebuild/sys-auth/polkit@0.113", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:ebuild/sys-auth/polkit@0.113" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1037135?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1@0.96-4%2Bsqueeze2", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-2uwh-8f3g-6kc4" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-3h84-z3yw-uydr" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-66y9-wrsz-gud9" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-6s5p-ucft-ukad" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-97e5-xezy-wbf6" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-d7rm-by3r-v3h3" }, { "vulnerability": 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