Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/87024?format=api
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"http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/sudo@1.9.17p2-5%3Fdistro=trixie" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/125867?format=api", "purl": "pkg:rpm/redhat/sudo@1.7.2p1-14.el5_8?arch=2", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-euh3-n21v-8yh3" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:rpm/redhat/sudo@1.7.2p1-14.el5_8%3Farch=2" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2012-3440.json", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2012-3440.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-3440", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.00093", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.25956", "published_at": "2026-05-14T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00093", 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