Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/79901?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/79901?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-m82g-jdnb-ekas", "summary": "gnome-shell: Distributions using CAP_SYS_NICE in gnome-shell may be exposed to privilege escalation", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2021-3982" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/923626?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/gnome-shell@0?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/gnome-shell@0%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/923616?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/gnome-shell@3.38.6-1~deb11u2?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-nq2k-cj2q-g7dc" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/gnome-shell@3.38.6-1~deb11u2%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/923614?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/gnome-shell@43.9-0%2Bdeb12u2?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-nq2k-cj2q-g7dc" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/gnome-shell@43.9-0%252Bdeb12u2%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/923618?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/gnome-shell@48.7-0%2Bdeb13u2?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/gnome-shell@48.7-0%252Bdeb13u2%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/923617?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/gnome-shell@49.5-1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/gnome-shell@49.5-1%3Fdistro=trixie" } ], 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"2026-04-07T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00034", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.09959", "published_at": "2026-04-08T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00034", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.10008", "published_at": "2026-04-09T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00034", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.10024", "published_at": "2026-04-11T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00034", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.09983", "published_at": "2026-04-12T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00034", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.09962", "published_at": "2026-04-13T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00034", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.09838", "published_at": "2026-04-16T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00034", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.09807", "published_at": "2026-04-18T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00034", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.09957", "published_at": "2026-04-21T12:55:00Z" }, { 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"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "5.5", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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=2024174", "reference_id": "2024174", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2024174" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 273, "name": "Improper Check for Dropped Privileges", "description": "The product attempts to drop privileges but does not check or incorrectly checks to see if the drop succeeded." } ], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": "5.5 - 5.5", "exploitability": null, "weighted_severity": null, "risk_score": null, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-m82g-jdnb-ekas" }