Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/97908?format=api
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"http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/sendmail@8.15.2-22%252Bdeb11u3%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/939236?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/sendmail@8.17.1.9-2%2Bdeb12u2?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/sendmail@8.17.1.9-2%252Bdeb12u2%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/939240?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/sendmail@8.18.1-6?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/sendmail@8.18.1-6%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/939239?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/sendmail@8.18.2-1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/sendmail@8.18.2-1%3Fdistro=trixie" } ], "affected_packages": [], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-1999-1580", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.00708", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.72364", "published_at": "2026-05-14T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00708", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.72238", "published_at": "2026-04-18T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00708", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.72224", "published_at": "2026-04-21T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00708", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.72268", "published_at": "2026-04-24T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00708", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.72276", "published_at": "2026-04-26T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00708", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.72271", "published_at": "2026-04-29T12:55:00Z" }, { 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