Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/87579?format=api
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"vulnerability": "VCID-qraj-ye4g-8qdr" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-uk6m-rq4u-nugy" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-uxye-sz24-dqd4" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-xr4s-smmp-fubc" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ydtx-ae9c-eqah" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-zumd-vknc-87ba" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt@2.6.33.7-rt29.55%3Farch=el5rt" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2010-4250.json", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2010-4250.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2010-4250", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.00101", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.28003", "published_at": "2026-04-01T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00101", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.28075", "published_at": 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