Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/8810?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/8810?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-1d95-8411-53f4", "summary": "Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource\nThis vulnerability might allow local users to bypass intended filesystem access restrictions because ownerships of `/etc` and `/usr` directories are being changed unexpectedly, related to a `correctMkdir` issue.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2018-7408" }, { "alias": "GHSA-ph34-pc88-72gc" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/372786?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/npm@5.7.1-1", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/npm@5.7.1-1" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/932928?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/npm@0?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": 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{ "vulnerability": "VCID-wb61-6cxb-5kfa" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-xja2-hbkk-cyc7" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:npm/npm@5.7.1" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/372785?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/npm@5.7.0-1", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-1d95-8411-53f4" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/npm@5.7.0-1" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/26547?format=api", "purl": "pkg:npm/npm@5.7.0", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-1d95-8411-53f4" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-e2wc-na6c-c3cr" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-k3gg-stck-7ydy" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-qyqn-hwvx-k7gs" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-wb61-6cxb-5kfa" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-xja2-hbkk-cyc7" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:npm/npm@5.7.0" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "http://blog.npmjs.org/post/171169301000/v571", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "7.8", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H" }, { "value": "HIGH", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "http://blog.npmjs.org/post/171169301000/v571" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-7408", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.00042", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.12747", "published_at": "2026-05-14T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00042", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.12704", "published_at": "2026-04-24T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00042", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.12667", "published_at": "2026-04-26T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00042", "scoring_system": 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"https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/19883" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-626", "reference_id": "AVG-626", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "High", "scoring_system": "archlinux", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-626" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7408", "reference_id": "CVE-2018-7408", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "7.8", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H" }, { "value": "HIGH", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7408" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ph34-pc88-72gc", "reference_id": "GHSA-ph34-pc88-72gc", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "HIGH", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1_qr", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ph34-pc88-72gc" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 1035, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017." }, { "cwe_id": 732, "name": "Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource", "description": "The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors." }, { "cwe_id": 937, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013." } ], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": "7.0 - 8.9", "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "8.0", "risk_score": 4.0, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-1d95-8411-53f4" }