API

VulDB provides a simple, reliable and efficient API. This interface allows to initiate queries for single entries or collection of items. It does also support transactional bots which implement robotic business process automation (BPA). For example collecting data in Splunk and other correlation tools. You may find code examples and various tools in our official GitHub repository. Custom integrations are listed at the bottom of the API documentation.

API Version

The current version of the API is 3.x. Support for older API versions is always guaranteed and can be enforced by adding version=1 to a request. The same major release is always backwards compatible regarding minor releases. A parser for 1.0 is also able to work with extension 1.2. But major release changes like from 1.2 to 2.0 demand new or upgraded parsing mechanisms.

All examples in this document are shown with the latest API release. Please always use the latest API release and consider migrating older parsers to the newest release to regain full compatibility, reliability, and new possibilities.

⚠️ Important: For business critical environments please add the parameter version=3 to the API requests of your parser. This enforces the use of the specific major release. Otherwise always the latest API version will be used (which unlocks the latest features automatically). If you are pinning API requests to an earlier release, you might get a warning as soon as a new major release is available. API 4.0 is already in the works.

Changelog

v3v2v1DateTypeChanges
3.59--03/19/2024FeatureAdded support for CVSSv4 with the fields family vulnerability_cvss4_vuldb_*.
3.58--05/13/2023FeatureAdded the category cve within CTI responses which contains all CVE identifiers associated with an actor or IP address.
3.572.37-05/13/2023FeatureIntroduction of the field source_cve_duplicate to indicate whether a duplicate CVE has been assigned to an entry.
3.56--04/01/2023FeatureSources that are not available anymore are shown with the unavailable tag which contains the reason. This helps to determine defunct companies and dead links.
3.552.36-03/23/2023FeatureIntroduction of the field source_cve_duplicateof to indicate CVE assignments which are potential duplicates of existing CVE assignments.
3.54--02/13/2023FeatureIntroduction of the field software_managedservice to indicate products that are managed services and therefore not maintained by users.
3.532.351.1702/11/2023FeatureIntroduction of the field software_rollingrelease to indicate whether the product is not using version numbering but establishing a rolling release instead.
3.52--12/08/2022FeaturePerformance optimization of certain queries requesting timeranges like advisory_date_start, entry_timestamp_create_start, entry_timestamp_change_start, and entry_timestamp_all_start.
3.51--11/08/2022FeatureIntroduction of the field software_support_availability to identify products which are end-of-life.
3.50--10/31/2022FeatureIntroduction of the fields software_license_type and software_license_name to better understand licensing and support coverage of an affected product.
3.492.341.1609/30/2022FeatureMore graceful handling of too many definitions in the fields parameter. If there are too many fields defined, only the first ones will be used and the others silently ignored.
3.48--09/30/2022BugfixFixed an issue for the field parameter where only old notations of vulnerability_cvss3_basevector_vuldb and vulnerability_cvss3_tempvector_vuldb instead also of vulnerability_cvss3_vuldb_basevector and vulnerability_cvss3_vuldb_tempvector were supported.
3.472.331.1508/14/2022FeatureAdditional data analysis is able to provide derivative Google Hacking strings shown in the field exploit_googlehack.
3.46--08/14/2022FeatureThe virtual fields advisory_reportconfidence, exploit_exploitability, countermeasure_remediationlevel provide better data accurary to improve data quality.
3.45--08/11/2022FeatureThe Vulnerability API is able to show CTI information by using cti=1 within requests. This is possible for free accounts, commercial accounts and enterprise accounts with the CTI option.
3.44--07/05/2022FeatureIntroduction of CTI API which supports the request types ipaddr, actor, and events. Attention: The API credit consumption is slightly different than within the Vulnerability API.
3.432.32-05/31/2022FeatureIntroductionof the fields exploit_epss_score and exploit_epss_percentile which provide live data of EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) to predict chances of successful exploitation.
3.42--05/23/2022BugfixFixed an issue where requests for the field software_cpe23 were not including the requested data.
3.412.311.1405/06/2022BugfixFixed an issue where requests with entry_timestamp_create did include entries that matched entry_timestamp_change instead.
3.40--04/27/2022FeatureBy using the parameter format=csv it is possible to output vulnerability data as CSV. Not all request types are supported, not all fields are included, and API header information is not part of the output.
3.39--04/16/2022FeatureEnabled auto-complete feature for software_type even if the field is not yet defined in the monoblock.
3.382.30-01/28/2022FeatureIntroduction of multiple fields to reflect our capabilities as a CNA to assign and disclose CVE entries: cna_responsible, cna_contact_date, cna_response_date, cna_response_summary, cna_decision_date, cna_decision_summary, cna_eol, and cna_nocve.
3.372.291.1301/27/2022FeatureProvoking 405 Unknown request type errors again is only possible after a few minutes. This prevents flooding the API access log and prevents misconfigured clients from exhausting the API credits quickly.
3.362.28-11/09/2021BugfixThe field vulnerability_bugbounty_price is only shown if there is a bug bounty price defined.
3.352.27-11/08/2021BugfixAdvanced search requests with URL encoded values are also matching correctly to make queries easier.
3.342.26-09/15/2021LowIntroduction of information about bug bounty organization vulnerability_bugbounty_organization, price vulnerability_bugbounty_price, and payout date vulnerability_bugbounty_payoutdate.
3.332.26-09/10/2021LowIntroduction of the CNA CVSSv3 vector and score which is accessible via vulnerability_cvss3_cna_*.
3.322.251.1208/04/2021BugfixAligned the listing of entry_changelog to show the field name of vulnerabilitycenter_lastupdatedate correctly. And fixed an issue where under certain circumstances the calculation of exploit prices was not happening. Thanks to Fergus Nelson for reporting these issues.
3.312.241.1107/16/2021BugfixFixed a rare bug that created an associative array for software_version if the list of versions numbers contained the value 0. Thanks to Fergus Nelson for reporting this issue.
3.302.231.1007/15/2021BugfixFixed a bug that undefined CVSSv2 vectors were shown with the value X instead of ND.
3.292.22-06/18/2021FeatureAdded field vulnerability_attck which contains the associated MITRE ATT&CK technique identifier.
3.282.211.904/26/2021FeatureRequests by the official Splunk app with a license of less than 10 API credits will throw an 403 Splunk app license expired error to prevent stressing the service with expired Splunk installations.
3.27--04/26/2021FeatureThe values of numeric request types is verified and if not acceptable, a 400 Bad request error message is shown.
3.26--03/30/2021BugfixFixed an issue where queries for advisory_date_start, entry_timestamp_create_start, entry_timestamp_change_start, and entry_timestamp_all_start did not work properly if the request value had a trailing whitespace.
3.252.20-03/26/2021BugfixThe list of items in software_affectedlist and software_notaffectedlist do trim trailing whitespaces correctly.
3.24--03/24/2021FeatureAdded request type entry_timestamp_all_start which combines new items from entry_timestamp_create_start and updates items from entry_timestamp_change_start.
3.23--12/08/2020FeatureAdded request type cursorinit to determine ideal initial cursor position for ongoing vulnerability stream (e.g. Splunk).
3.222.19-12/04/2020FeatureAdded field source_cve_cna which contains a string of the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned the CVE.
3.21--04/17/2020BugfixThe field entry_timestamp_change is now always present even if the entry was just created and never updated yet. In this case it will contain the same value like entry_timestamp_create. User of the official VulDB Splunk App are advised to update to the latest release.
3.20--10/31/2019FeatureAdded field vulnerability_name which contains a string or array a popular names of the vulnerability (e.g. Shellshock, Poodle)
3.19--09/13/2019FeatureAdded field family entry_details_* which contain entry_details_affected, entry_details_vulnerability, entry_details_impact, entry_details_exploit, entry_details_countermeasures, and entry_details_sources
3.18--08/31/2019FeatureAdded field entry_replaces to display duplicates which have been replaced by this entry
3.17--08/26/2019FeatureAdded fields vulnerability_cvss3_basevector_vuldb and vulnerability_cvss3_tempvector_vuldb to display full VulDB CVSSv3 vectors easily
3.16--06/04/2019BugfixFixed value of field advisory_identifier, disabled safeguard mechanism to prevent inconsistency in result count
3.15--05/17/2019FeatureAdded fields software_website_vendor and software_website_product to the output
3.14--05/08/2019FeatureRequesting dedicated CVSS fields supports the official response format (e.g. vulnerability_cvss3_vuldb_basescore) and the legacy format (e.g. vulnerability_cvss3_basescore_vuldb). The legacy format will be dropped in a future major release of the API.
3.132.181.804/17/2019FeatureAdded field software_cpe23 which introduces full CPE 2.3 support whereas software_cpe is still providing CPE 2.2 data
3.122.171.703/04/2019FeatureAdded fields entry_locked_status and entry_locked_reason to inform about entries undergoing update and review processes (they might change soon)
3.112.161.602/20/2019FeatureImproved speed, reliability and accuracy of updates queries
3.10--02/06/2019FeatureAdded request parameter offset to set a starting point for results (pagination)
3.9--01/18/2019FeatureAdded field software_type
3.8--01/11/2019FeatureVulDB CVSSv3 scores use AI-driven autocomplete based on historical data and additional sources. The field vulnerability_cvss3_vuldb_confidence indicates the confidence of the vectors
3.72.151.501/08/2019BugfixField software_component is not returning multiple fields anymore to prevent parsing errors
3.62.141.412/13/2018FeatureRequesting details without unlocked archive access will warn in field entry_warning about limitation
3.5--08/06/2018FeatureSupport for the queries advisory_date_start, entry_timestamp_create_start, entry_timestamp_change_start
3.42.13-06/12/2018BugfixFixed enforcement of querylimit for details=0 queries (thanks to user "portal" for the report)
3.3--06/11/2018FeatureAdded CVSS meta score support with vulnerability_cvss3_meta
3.22.121.306/06/2018BugfixFixed wrong values in response_remaining (calculation was correct, value shown was wrong; thanks to user "portal" for the report)
3.12.111.206/04/2018BugfixFixed default sort order of recent and updates requests
3.0--05/18/2018ChangeMoved vulnerability_cpe to software_cpe
-2.10-05/15/2018FeatureAdded software_affectedlist and software_notaffectedlist, added vulnerability_risk (also shown in non-detail responses)
-2.9-05/14/2018FeatureDetailed error messages regarding API key problems (missing, wrong, unknown, valid), enterprise customers have performance priority over free users
-2.8-05/08/2018Featureentry_title does not show CVE anymore, added vulnerability_timeline, countermeasure_reactiondays, countermeasure_0daydays, countermeasure_exposuredays, and countermeasure_exploitdelaydays
-2.7-05/07/2018FeatureAdded support for request type topsoftware
...
-2.0-01/22/2018ChangeResponse contains three elements (request, response, result) instead just the results
...
--1.012/01/2016ReleaseInitial release of Public API

Authentication

To use the API, you have to own your individual API key. This key is generated as soon as you verify your new user account. Your API key can be found in your profile view

Accessing the API does not require a cookie-based session on the web site itself. The authentication data is sent as HTTP POST parameter or HTTP header.

If your personal API key got stolen and abused, please contact our support team immediately to invalidate and regenerate your API key for free.

Access Request Limit

The API access is limited by the number of requests and/or responses. It depends on your user rank and/or purchased API key license. The available API credits are shown in your user profile and included in the response section of an API reply. You are able to purchase API credits online.

Every request requires at least 1 credit, no matter if the response generated an error or returned valid results. It is possible to increase the detail level of results and to send complex queries. These might consume more credits as it is explained in the API documentation.

The moment you have reached the credit limit for your API access, further access is denied until your counter is reset. The amount of API credits is limited per 24 hours and is a moving window. You will regain your exhausted API credits the moment the oldest request is older than 24 hours. If you need more API credits, please consider an upgrade of your account.

VulDB is also enforcing an anti-DDoS-protection. Please limit the number of requests you are executing per minute. It is suggested to state a maximum of 10 requests per minute. If you violate this paradigm, your account might be blocked for a few minutes and unblocked automatically. See the fields notification and warning in the response for more details about the current state of your API exchange.

Request Basics

To start an API query you have to do an HTTP POST request to the following resource:

https://vuldb.com/?api

Other languages are accessible by their respective URLs (e.g. https://vuldb.com/de/?api for German). In this case all result field contents will be translated. The field names are always in English.

Every request must include your personal API key. You may propose it as part of the POST data with the field apikey (you must enter the key without the brackets):

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]

As an alternative it is possible to use it as a custom HTTP request header named X-VulDB-ApiKey:

X-VulDB-ApiKey: [your_personal_api_key]

Response Structure

The response will provide the results as JSON, XML or CSV structure. If within the request the field format is left empty or defined as json, the response will be JSON. If format is set to xml the response will be XML and csv will transform the results to CSV.

JSON and XML

All basic information in this documentation is based on the JSON and/or XML format unless stated otherwise. The format of the response is shown within the response field format.

A response contains three sections:

  1. response
  2. request
  3. result
These are explained in the following chapters in detail.

CSV

CSV files use ; as delimiters and encapsulate the values in ". CSV will reply with a document which contains the following structure:

  • Line 1 contains the header names
  • Line 2 and following will contain one entry per line

Section response

The section response contains all header data of the returned response, like the header of an HTTP response.

Version

It will always contain the field version which declares the version of the currently used API. Changes to the API will result in a new API version.

Minor releases are backward-compatible within the same major release. Major release changes require updates in parsing. In this case the field warning is added and update suggested.

You can to pinpoint to a specific API major release by using the field version in a request. Use this to guarantee stability and reliability for your automated processing.

Status

Every response also contains the field status which shows the status code of the processed request. The status codes consist of a 3-digit number, similar to the ones used by HTTP. By nature, they might differ from the HTTP response code the web server returns for an API request. The most common API status codes are:

StatusDefinition
200Request correct, allowed, processed and results returned
204Request correct, allowed, processed but no results returned because they are empty
400Bad request containing invalid request type data
401Authentication required, API key missing or unrecognized
402Payment required, current subscription plan not sufficient
403API rate exceeded, no further requests allowed until counter reset or license upgrade
405Unknown request type
409API abuse suspected, no further requests possible until counter reset

If the request or further processing was invalid, the response will contain the field error which contains a human-readable description of the problem.

Type

If the request type is known and processed, the response section will contain the field type which mirrors the request type. It will hold values like id, recent and search for example. The field value will contain the content that got requested. For example, the type is set to id and the value is set to 23.

Count

If the response contains results, there will be the field items (since APIv2) or count (APIv1 only) which will hold the number of the returned results. This helps iterating through the result array. The maximum number of results is defined by query type and user account level. It is shown within the field querylimit. This is used to prevent API credit and server resource exhaustion.

The fields consumption and remaining inform about the API credits used for the exchange and how many API credits are remaining.

Other Fields

There are other information like a timestamp of the request (timestamp), time of execution (rtt), limit of results for the query (querylimit), an unique ID for the data exchange (etag), and the language of the returned content (lang).

Section request

The section request contains the processed header data submitted with the prior request.

API-Key

The field apikey indicates whether an API key was defined within the request. This field can hold the values missing, wrong, unknown, and valid. A successful request demands a valid key.

Detail Level

By default, all queries just show only the basic information for an entry. By setting the field detail to 1 in a request it is possible to show all details.

The field details is 0 or 1 and declares if the results are basic or detailed. This difference influences the API credit consumption.

Sorting

There is the field sort which indicates the database field which is used to sort the results. You may influence the sort order by proposing a sort value yourself. The default sort order is set to entry_timestamp_create (timestamp of the creation of a VulDB entry).

Offset / Pagination

Under certain circumstances a response might contain more results than displayed. To access results outside the default range 1-x it is possible to use the request parameter offset which expects an integer value.

If the default query would return the items 1-5 and you would propose offset=2 the response would contain the items 2-5 or 2-x (if there are more than 5 items matching).

The field response_items contains the number of items returned which is the current page size. This can be limited by the limit parameter in the request.

The default and maximum page size vary regarding account type and request type. The maximum page size for your account/request is declared in response_querylimitmax. The next page would be starting at the upper limit of your current page size. Commercial and enterprise users should have a maximum page size of 500 for most request types.

Section result

The section result contains the entries that match the request.

Result Count

Every entry is added as an array item and may be accessed within an iteration. The field items (since APIv2) or count (APIv1 only) in the section response declares how many items this array may hold.

Detail Fields

An entry contains all the requested fields. If details is set to 1, this might be many additional fields. Additional fields within a base query with details=0 can be displayed by using the parameter fields in the request. Otherwise just the basic information is shown.

Requesting Vulnerability Entries

It is remarkably simple to request the details for a vulnerability entry. It is possible to show ID 67685 with the following POST request:

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&id=67685

A request with curl looks like this (see the batch file example scripts in our GitHub repository):

curl -k --data "apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&id=67685" https://vuldb.com/?api

Example request with PHP (without curl extension, see the php example scripts in our GitHub repository):

$postdata = http_build_query(
    array(
        'apikey' => '[your_personal_api_key]',
        'id' => '67685'
    )
);
$opts = array('http' =>
    array(
        'method'  => 'POST',
        'content' => $postdata
    )
);
$context = stream_context_create($opts);
$result = file_get_contents('https://vuldb.com/?api', false, $context);

The response might look like this:

{
    "response": {
        "version": "3.19",
        "format": "json",
        "status": "200",
        "lang": "en",
        "items": 1,
        "consumption": 1,
        "remaining": 1999,
        "querylimit": 100,
        "querylimitmax": 500,
        "timestamp": "1569396339",
        "rtt": 0,
        "etag": "c7f8c6da025c3c8d-49e3ef31738dc04d-dcca48101505dd86"
    },
    "request": {
        "timestamp": "1569396339",
        "apikey": "valid",
        "userid": "1",
        "details": 0,
        "sort": "entry_timestamp_create",
        "type": "id",
        "value": "67685"
    },
    "result": [
        {
            "entry": {
                "id": "67685",
                "title": "GNU Bash up to 3.2.48 Environment Variable variables.c privilege escalation",
                "timestamp": {
                    "create": "1411593255",
                    "change": "1539168525"
                }
            },
            "vulnerability": {
                "risk": {
                    "value": "3",
                    "name": "high"
                }
            },
            "advisory": {
                "date": "1411516800"
            },
            "source": {
                "cve": {
                    "id": "CVE-2014-6271"
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}

By default replies just contain basic data points as shown:

  • entry_id
  • entry_title
  • entry_timestamp_create
  • entry_timestamp_change
  • vulnerability_risk_value
  • vulnerability_risk_name
  • advisory_date
  • source_cve_id
Such basic queries require 1 credit only no matter how many entries a result contains. If you need more details about a vulnerability, you must propose this within the request by setting the details parameter to 1.

Requesting Full Details

All request types deliver simply basic information about entries by default which will consume 1 API credit per request. It is possible to enable full details within results by setting details to 1 which will cause that every vulnerability counts as a single point. This requires full access to the according entry (e.g. archive access unlocked for older entries). Example:

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&id=67685&details=1

The results will contain additional fields:

{
    "response": {
        "version": "3.19",
        "format": "json",
        "status": "200",
        "lang": "en",
        "items": 1,
        "consumption": 1,
        "remaining": 1998,
        "querylimit": 100,
        "querylimitmax": 500,
        "timestamp": "1569396209",
        "rtt": 0,
        "etag": "f81065ec5d5f6a50-dd867482c2cd761a-dcca48101505dd86"
    },
    "request": {
        "timestamp": "1569396209",
        "apikey": "valid",
        "userid": "1",
        "details": 1,
        "sort": "entry_timestamp_create",
        "type": "id",
        "value": "67685"
    },
    "result": [
        {
            "entry": {
                "id": "67685",
                "title": "GNU Bash up to 3.2.48 Environment Variable variables.c privilege escalation",
                "summary": "A vulnerability was found in GNU Bash and classified as very critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file variables.c of the component Environment Variable Handler. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at bugzilla.novell.com. The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with Shell as an alternative. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be patching the affected component. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Red Hat posted several mod_security rules which help to prevent exploitation of this vulnerability. It is also possible to enforce such a limitation with an IPTables rule: \"iptables using -m string --hex-string '|28 29 20 7B|'\" Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 31975. In this case the pattern () { is used for detection. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 16800. ",
                "details": {
                    "affected": "A vulnerability was found in GNU Bash and classified as very critical.",
                    "vulnerability": "The manipulation of the argument Environment with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability (Shellshock). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-78.",
                    "impact": "Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.",
                    "exploit": "A public exploit has been developed by Huzaifa Sidhpurwala in Bash and been published immediately after the advisory. It is declared as highly functional. The exploit is available at securityblog.redhat.com. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $100k and more. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77970 (Qmail Remote Command Execution via Shellshock), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SMTP problems. The analysis with Nessus happens with this NASL code:if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"bash-4.1.2-15.19.amzn1")) flag++;\nif (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"bash-debuginfo-4.1.2-15.19.amzn1")) flag++;\nif (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"bash-doc-4.1.2-15.19.amzn1")) flag++;\n\nif (flag)\n{\n if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());\n else security_hole(0);\n exit(0);\n}The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370037 (Citrix XenServer Security Update (CTX200223)). The code used by the exploit is:env x='() { :;}; echo vulnerable' bash -c "echo this is a test"",
                    "countermeasure": "Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at bugzilla.novell.com. The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with Shell as an alternative. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be patching the affected component. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Red Hat posted several mod_security rules which help to prevent exploitation of this vulnerability. It is also possible to enforce such a limitation with an IPTables rule: \"iptables using -m string --hex-string '|28 29 20 7B|'\" Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 31975. In this case the pattern () { is used for detection. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 16800.",
                    "sources": "The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 70137), X-Force (96209), Secunia (SA61541), SecurityTracker (ID 1030890) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-57351). access.redhat.com is providing further details. Similar entries are available at 67711 and 71528."
                },
                "timestamp": {
                    "create": "1411593255",
                    "change": "1539168525"
                }
            },
            "software": {
                "vendor": "GNU",
                "name": "Bash",
                "version": [
                    "1.14.0",
                    "1.14.1",
                    "1.14.2",
                    "1.14.3",
                    "1.14.4",
                    "1.14.5",
                    "1.14.6",
                    "1.14.7",
                    "2.0",
                    "2.01",
                    "2.01.1",
                    "2.02",
                    "2.02.1",
                    "2.03",
                    "2.04",
                    "2.05",
                    "3.0",
                    "3.0.16",
                    "3.1",
                    "3.2",
                    "3.2.48"
                ],
                "component": "Environment Variable Handler",
                "file": "variables.c",
                "argument": "Environment",
                "website": {
                    "vendor": "https:\/\/www.gnu.org\/"
                },
                "cpe": [
                    "cpe:\/a:gnu:bash:1.14.0",
                    "cpe:\/a:gnu:bash:1.14.1",
                    "cpe:\/a:gnu:bash:1.14.2",
                    "cpe:\/a:gnu:bash:1.14.3",
                    "cpe:\/a:gnu:bash:1.14.4",
                    "cpe:\/a:gnu:bash:1.14.5",
                    "cpe:\/a:gnu:bash:1.14.6",
                    "cpe:\/a:gnu:bash:1.14.7",
                    "cpe:\/a:gnu:bash:2.0",
                    "cpe:\/a:gnu:bash:2.01",
                    "cpe:\/a:gnu:bash:2.01.1",
                    "cpe:\/a:gnu:bash:2.02",
                    "cpe:\/a:gnu:bash:2.02.1",
                    "cpe:\/a:gnu:bash:2.03",
                    "cpe:\/a:gnu:bash:2.04",
                    "cpe:\/a:gnu:bash:2.05",
                    "cpe:\/a:gnu:bash:3.0",
                    "cpe:\/a:gnu:bash:3.0.16",
                    "cpe:\/a:gnu:bash:3.1",
                    "cpe:\/a:gnu:bash:3.2",
                    "cpe:\/a:gnu:bash:3.2.48"
                ],
                "cpe23": [
                    "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.0:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.1:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.2:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.3:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.4:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.5:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.6:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:1.14.7:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.0:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.01:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.01.1:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.02:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.02.1:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.03:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.04:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:2.05:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:3.0:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:3.0.16:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:3.1:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:3.2:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:bash:3.2.48:::::::*"
                ],
                "affectedlist": [
                    "Apple iPhone (Jailbreak only)",
                    "Apple Mac OS X up to 10.9.4",
                    "Debian GNU\/Linux up to 4.1-3\/4.2",
                    "F5 BIG-IP up to 11.6.0",
                    "Madravia Linux 1.0",
                    "Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 6.0",
                    "Red Hat Linux 4\/5\/6\/7",
                    "Slackware Linux up to 14.1",
                    "SuSE openSUSE 11.0",
                    "Ubuntu Linux up to 14.04 LTS",
                    "VMware Fusion"
                ],
                "notaffectedlist": [
                    "Android Default Installation\r",
                    "FreeBSD Default Installation\r",
                    "NetBSD Default Installation\r",
                    "OpenBSD Default Installation"
                ]
            },
            "vulnerability": {
                "risk": {
                    "value": "3",
                    "name": "high"
                },
                "class": "privilege escalation",
                "cwe": "CWE-78",
                "cvss2": {
                    "vuldb": {
                        "basescore": "9.3",
                        "tempscore": "7.3",
                        "av": "N",
                        "ac": "M",
                        "au": "N",
                        "ci": "C",
                        "ii": "C",
                        "ai": "C",
                        "e": "POC",
                        "rl": "OF",
                        "rc": "C"
                    }
                },
                "cvss3": {
                    "meta": {
                        "basescore": "9.8",
                        "tempscore": "8.8"
                    },
                    "vuldb": {
                        "confidence": "High",
                        "basescore": "9.8",
                        "tempscore": "8.8",
                        "basevector": "AV:N\/AC:L\/PR:N\/UI:N\/S:U\/C:H\/I:H\/A:H",
                        "tempvector": "E:P\/RL:O\/RC:C",
                        "av": "N",
                        "ac": "L",
                        "pr": "N",
                        "ui": "N",
                        "s": "U",
                        "c": "H",
                        "i": "H",
                        "a": "H",
                        "e": "P",
                        "rl": "O",
                        "rc": "C"
                    }
                },
                "titleword": "Shellshock",
                "advisoryquote": "(...) a vulnerability in bash, related to how environment variables are processed: trailing code in function definitions was executed, independent of the variable name.",
                "timeline": [
                    {
                        "date": "1410220800",
                        "event": "CVE assigned",
                        "color": "blue"
                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1410912000",
                        "event": "Countermeasure disclosed",
                        "diff": "+8 days",
                        "color": "blue"
                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1411516800",
                        "event": "Advisory disclosed",
                        "diff": "+7 days",
                        "color": "blue"
                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1411516800",
                        "event": "Exploit disclosed",
                        "diff": "+0 days",
                        "color": "red"
                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1411516800",
                        "event": "EDB entry disclosed",
                        "diff": "+0 days",
                        "color": "red"
                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1411516800",
                        "event": "VulDB entry created",
                        "diff": "+0 days",
                        "link": "https:\/\/vuldb.com\/?recent.20140924",
                        "color": "blue"
                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1411516800",
                        "event": "NVD disclosed",
                        "diff": "+0 days",
                        "color": "blue"
                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1411516800",
                        "event": "SecurityTracker entry created",
                        "diff": "+0 days",
                        "color": "blue"
                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1411516800",
                        "event": "VulnerabilityCenter entry assigned",
                        "diff": "+0 days",
                        "color": "blue"
                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1411603200",
                        "event": "SecurityFocus entry assigned",
                        "diff": "+1 days",
                        "color": "blue"
                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1411603200",
                        "event": "Secunia entry created",
                        "diff": "+0 days",
                        "color": "blue"
                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1411948800",
                        "event": "Nessus plugin released",
                        "diff": "+4 days",
                        "color": "blue"
                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1458086400",
                        "event": "VulnerabilityCenter entry created",
                        "diff": "+534 days",
                        "color": "blue"
                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1466380800",
                        "event": "VulnerabilityCenter entry updated",
                        "diff": "+96 days",
                        "color": "blue"
                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1539168525",
                        "event": "VulDB last update",
                        "diff": "+842 days",
                        "link": "https:\/\/vuldb.com\/?id.67685",
                        "color": "blue"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "advisory": {
                "date": "1411516800",
                "url": "http:\/\/seclists.org\/oss-sec\/2014\/q3\/649",
                "identifier": "remote code execution through bash",
                "reportconfidence": "confirmed",
                "person": {
                    "name": "Stephane Chazelas"
                },
                "advisoryquote": "Chet Ramey, the GNU bash upstream maintainer, will soon release official upstream patches."
            },
            "exploit": {
                "availability": "1",
                "date": "1411516800",
                "publicity": "public",
                "url": "https:\/\/securityblog.redhat.com\/2014\/09\/24\/bash-specially-crafted-environment-variables-code-injection-attack\/",
                "developer": {
                    "name": "Huzaifa Sidhpurwala"
                },
                "language": "Bash",
                "exploitability": "highly functional",
                "price": {
                    "0day": "$100k and more",
                    "today": "$0-$1k"
                }
            },
            "countermeasure": {
                "remediationlevel": "official fix",
                "name": "Patch",
                "date": "1410912000",
                "patch": {
                    "url": "https:\/\/bugzilla.novell.com\/attachment.cgi?id=606672&action=edit"
                },
                "alternative": {
                    "name": "Shell"
                }
            },
            "source": {
                "cve": {
                    "id": "CVE-2014-6271",
                    "assigned": "1410220800",
                    "published": "1411516800",
                    "summary": "GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted environment, as demonstrated by vectors involving the ForceCommand feature in OpenSSH sshd, the mod_cgi and mod_cgid modules in the Apache HTTP Server, scripts executed by unspecified DHCP clients, and other situations in which setting the environment occurs across a privilege boundary from Bash execution, aka \"ShellShock.\" NOTE: the original fix for this issue was incorrect; CVE-2014-7169 has been assigned to cover the vulnerability that is still present after the incorrect fix."
                },
                "oval": {
                    "id": "oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28331"
                },
                "iavm": {
                    "id": "2014-A-0142",
                    "vmskey": "V0054753",
                    "title": "GNU Bash Shell Code Execution Vulnerability"
                },
                "osvdb": {
                    "id": "112004",
                    "title": "GNU bash Environment Variable Handling Shell Command Injection"
                },
                "secunia": {
                    "id": "61541",
                    "date": "1411603200",
                    "title": "GNU Bash Shell Function Definitions OS Commands Injection Vulnerability"
                },
                "securityfocus": {
                    "id": "70137",
                    "date": "1411603200",
                    "title": "GNU Bash CVE-2014-7169 Incomplete Fix Remote Code Execution Vulnerability",
                    "class": "Design Error"
                },
                "sectracker": {
                    "id": "1030890",
                    "title": "GNU bash Environment Variable Processing Flaw Lets Users Execute Arbitrary Code"
                },
                "vulnerabilitycenter": {
                    "id": "57351",
                    "creationdate": "1458086400",
                    "lastupdate": "1466380800",
                    "reportingdate": "1411516800",
                    "title": "GNU Bash through 4.3 Remote Code Execution via a Crafted Environment - CVE-2014-6271"
                },
                "xforce": {
                    "id": "96209",
                    "identifier": "bash-cve20147169-command-exec",
                    "title": "GNU Bash variables command execution",
                    "risk": "High Risk"
                },
                "exploitdb": {
                    "id": "34765",
                    "date": "1411516800"
                },
                "heise": {
                    "id": "2403305"
                },
                "nessus": {
                    "id": "77970",
                    "date": "1411948800",
                    "name": "Qmail Remote Command Execution via Shellshock",
                    "filename": "ala_ALAS-2014-418.nasl",
                    "family": "SMTP problems"
                },
                "openvas": {
                    "id": "871250",
                    "title": "RedHat Update for bash RHSA-2014:1306-01",
                    "filename": "gb_RHSA-2014_1306-01_bash.nasl",
                    "family": "Red Hat Local Security Checks"
                },
                "qualys": {
                    "id": "370037",
                    "title": "Citrix XenServer Security Update (CTX200223)"
                },
                "saint": {
                    "id": "exploit_info\/bash_shellshock_cups",
                    "title": "Bash Environment Variable Handling Shell Command Injection Via CUPS",
                    "link": "http:\/\/www.saintcorporation.com\/cgi-bin\/exploit_info\/bash_shellshock_cups"
                },
                "metasploit": {
                    "id": "apache_mod_cgi_bash_env.rb",
                    "title": "Apache ActiveMQ Directory Traversal",
                    "filename": "apache_mod_cgi_bash_env.rb"
                },
                "snort": {
                    "id": "31975",
                    "class": "attempted-admin",
                    "message": "Volex \u2013 Possible CVE-2014-6271 bash Vulnerability Requested (header)",
                    "pattern": "() {"
                },
                "suricata": {
                    "id": "2014092401",
                    "sig": "() {",
                    "class": "attempted-admin"
                },
                "issproventia": {
                    "id": "2132121"
                },
                "tippingpoint": {
                    "id": "16800"
                },
                "mcafeeips": {
                    "id": "SMTP: EXPN Command Used",
                    "version": "8.1.45.5"
                },
                "fortigateips": {
                    "id": "39294"
                },
                "videolink": {
                    "url": "https:\/\/youtu.be\/aa-O5EyCcKc"
                },
                "misc": {
                    "url": "https:\/\/access.redhat.com\/articles\/1200223"
                },
                "seealso": [
                    "67711",
                    "71528"
                ]
            }
        }
    ]
}

⚠️ Warning: By default enterprise customers are allowed to access the current year and the last two years. Access to earlier years requires an archive unlock per year. You are still possible to access archive entries without details. But if the unlock is not available, a warning is shown and details for the affected entry disabled.

⚠️ Warning: Be careful with detail queries like these because they might consume your API credits quite quickly. Especially if a query type is used to display multiple results (e.g. id list, search, date view). You may use the field limit to limit the amount of maximum results.

The data point documentation lists and explains all available fields. These come with different types whereas strings and integers are most common. Under certain circumstances some fields might switch to an array type if there are multiple values available.

Most fields are stored in the main database called Monoblock. They can be edited, are listed in the commit history of an entry and might be searchable. Some other fields are based on meta-data and not stored in the data part of the database. They cannot be edited, are not or just partially listed in the commit history of an entry and might not be searchable. And some other fields are virtual fields which are created on-demand. They cannot be edited, are not listed in the commit history of an entry and are not searchable. The introduction of new fields usually happens as virtual fields for testing purposes. As soon as the handling of such new fields is stable they become part of the Monoblock.

Request Additional CTI Information

VulDB provides additional Cyber Threat Intelligence data (CTI) about activities and focus of malicious threat actors. Detailed CTI information is restricted and available for the following user groups:

  • Free Accounts (Demo)
  • Commercial Accounts
  • Enterprise customers with additional CTI option enabled
If your account is eligable to access Cyber Threat Intelligence data (CTI) you are able to show such information within the Vulnerability API with the definition of cti=1. Example:

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&id=67685&details=1&cti=1

⚠️ Warning: Be aware that this CTI data is not cached. The real-time availability introduces some increased round trip times for such queries. Therefore, large queries with several hundred items might become slower than usual. Enable this option only of you really need the data.

Additional query types for CTI information is available within the CTI API as discussed in later chapters.

Requesting Partial Details

Requesting data without details requires 1 API credit per request. And with details every result entry will demand 1 API credit. There might be situations where just a few more details are needed and therefore a full API request overblown.

In this case it is possible to use the optional parameter fields to declare up to 3 additional fields within a simple request without full details. All fields found within a detail request can be defined here. An overview of all available data points is available in the documentation. For example:

  • vulnerability_cwe
  • vulnerability_cvss3_vuldb_basescore
  • vulnerability_cvss3_nvd_basescore
Multiple fields are delimited by commas. Making a simple request but adding those three additional fields mentioned before looks like this:

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&id=67685&fields=vulnerability_cwe,vulnerability_cvss2_vuldb_basescore,vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_basescore

The result is enriched with the requested fields:

{
    "response": {
        "version": "3.19",
        "format": "json",
        "status": "200",
        "lang": "en",
        "items": 3,
        "consumption": 1,
        "remaining": 1997,
        "querylimit": 100,
        "querylimitmax": 500,
        "timestamp": "1569396519",
        "rtt": 0,
        "etag": "285302e7a19f108f-339212fb83e8faa8-dcca48101505dd86"
    },
    "request": {
        "timestamp": "1569396519",
        "apikey": "valid",
        "userid": "1",
        "details": 0,
        "sort": "entry_timestamp_create",
        "fields": "vulnerability_cwe,vulnerability_cvss2_vuldb_basescore,vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_basescore",
        "type": "id",
        "value": "5,23,42"
    },
    "result": [
        {
            "entry": {
                "id": "42",
                "title": "Cisco Secure ACS up to 3.1.1 on Windows Admin memory corruption",
                "timestamp": {
                    "create": "1051056000",
                    "change": "1528838409"
                }
            },
            "vulnerability": {
                "risk": {
                    "value": "2",
                    "name": "medium"
                },
                "cwe": "CWE-119",
                "cvss2": {
                    "vuldb": {
                        "basescore": "6.8"
                    },
                    "nvd": {
                        "basescore": "7.5"
                    }
                }
            },
            "advisory": {
                "date": "1051056000"
            },
            "source": {
                "cve": {
                    "id": "CVE-2003-0210"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "entry": {
                "id": "23",
                "title": "Linux Kernel up to 2.2.23 proc\/pid\/mem mmap PROT_READ denial of service",
                "timestamp": {
                    "create": "1048809600",
                    "change": "1516378012"
                }
            },
            "vulnerability": {
                "risk": {
                    "value": "1",
                    "name": "low"
                },
                "cwe": "CWE-404",
                "cvss2": {
                    "vuldb": {
                        "basescore": "1.9"
                    },
                    "nvd": {
                        "basescore": "2.1"
                    }
                }
            },
            "advisory": {
                "date": "1048809600"
            },
            "source": {
                "cve": {
                    "id": "CVE-2002-1380"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "entry": {
                "id": "5",
                "title": "Linux Kernel up to 2.4.19 privilege escalation",
                "timestamp": {
                    "create": "1044316800",
                    "change": "1496840061"
                }
            },
            "vulnerability": {
                "risk": {
                    "value": "1",
                    "name": "low"
                },
                "cwe": "CWE-269",
                "cvss2": {
                    "vuldb": {
                        "basescore": "4.1"
                    },
                    "nvd": {
                        "basescore": "3.6"
                    }
                }
            },
            "advisory": {
                "date": "1044316800"
            },
            "source": {
                "cve": {
                    "id": "CVE-2003-0018"
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}

Simple requests with additional fields defined are handled like simple requests. No additional API credits are used. The applied fields are echoed within the field fields as part of the request section in the response.

Requesting Multiple IDs

It is also possible to request multiple entries with a single request. Just delimit the IDs for the parameter id with a comma.

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&id=5,23,42

The response will contain all entries within the JSON array:

{
    "response": {
        "version": "3.19",
        "format": "json",
        "status": "200",
        "lang": "en",
        "items": 3,
        "consumption": 1,
        "remaining": 1996,
        "querylimit": 100,
        "querylimitmax": 500,
        "timestamp": "1569396369",
        "rtt": 0,
        "etag": "d012a849effe05e7-4b18285a2d4d70a9-dcca48101505dd86"
    },
    "request": {
        "timestamp": "1569396369",
        "apikey": "valid",
        "userid": "1",
        "details": 0,
        "sort": "entry_timestamp_create",
        "type": "id",
        "value": "5,23,42"
    },
    "result": [
        {
            "entry": {
                "id": "42",
                "title": "Cisco Secure ACS up to 3.1.1 on Windows Admin memory corruption",
                "timestamp": {
                    "create": "1051056000",
                    "change": "1528838409"
                }
            },
            "vulnerability": {
                "risk": {
                    "value": "2",
                    "name": "medium"
                }
            },
            "advisory": {
                "date": "1051056000"
            },
            "source": {
                "cve": {
                    "id": "CVE-2003-0210"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "entry": {
                "id": "23",
                "title": "Linux Kernel up to 2.2.23 proc\/pid\/mem mmap PROT_READ denial of service",
                "timestamp": {
                    "create": "1048809600",
                    "change": "1516378012"
                }
            },
            "vulnerability": {
                "risk": {
                    "value": "1",
                    "name": "low"
                }
            },
            "advisory": {
                "date": "1048809600"
            },
            "source": {
                "cve": {
                    "id": "CVE-2002-1380"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "entry": {
                "id": "5",
                "title": "Linux Kernel up to 2.4.19 privilege escalation",
                "timestamp": {
                    "create": "1044316800",
                    "change": "1496840061"
                }
            },
            "vulnerability": {
                "risk": {
                    "value": "1",
                    "name": "low"
                }
            },
            "advisory": {
                "date": "1044316800"
            },
            "source": {
                "cve": {
                    "id": "CVE-2003-0018"
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}

⚠️ Warning: Keep in mind that full detail queries demand one credit per entry which will count towards the access limit. To limit exhaustion the number of requested IDs and the number of results is limited.

Recent and Updates Queries

It is possible to show the most recent entries with the request method recent. The method itself demands a number of entries which shall be shown (similar to the limit parameter in other query types):

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&recent=10

The query type updates shows the most recent updates:

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&updates=10

The API credit demand is identical for both queries. As usual if the response contains full vulnerability information every entry returned will consume 1 API credit.

⚠️ Important: Update views only contain items which have commits with a commit timestamp delta of more than 120 seconds. All commits closer than 120 count as 1 edit. And the 1st edit (entry creation) does not count as update.

Requesting Timeframes

Sometimes a request for recent entries is not suitable. In this case it is possible to apply timeframes. There are two different approaches to do so.

List a specific Day

For example, if all entries created yesterday or a year ago should be listed. In this case a request with the following structure is possible to get all entries for a specific day:

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&advisory_date=20180211
apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&entry_timestamp_create=20180211
apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&entry_timestamp_change=20180211

The request parameters advisory_date (date of vulnerability disclosure), entry_timestamp_create (VulDB entry added to the database) and entry_timestamp_change (VulDB entry changed for the last time) can be used to get entries of a specific day. The date format uses YYYYMMDD as structure.

Hint: If you want to establish an ongoing vulnerability management, you should prefer entry_timestamp_create for prior dates or the current date. If you do so for the current day, keep in mind that the VulDB Mod Team is adding new entries 24 hours are day. Therefore, a single request will not suffice to keep the tracking complete.

List since a Specific Time

If all entries since a specific date should be listed, like 1518392525 in this example, the following queries are possible:

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&entry_timestamp_all_start=1518392525
apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&entry_timestamp_create_start=1518392525
apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&entry_timestamp_change_start=1518392525
apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&advisory_date_start=1518392525

These queries expect an Unix timestamp as value. They are very useful as cursors in Splunk apps and alike. Take a look at the official Splunk app.

Keep in mind that the number of results is limited, and large requests should be split into smaller date chunks.

Establish a Steady Vulnerability Stream

If you want to establish a steady vulnerability stream there are different ways to do so. We may suggest the following timestamp pointer approach (as used by our official Splunk plugin):

1. Fetch with your initial request:

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&entry_timestamp_create_start=[your_start_timestamp]

2. Determine the latest timestamp in entry_timestamp_create of all returned entries, add 1 to it and use this as new starting point for your next request:

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&entry_timestamp_create_start=[last_entry_timestamp_create_start+1]

This way you would not have to deal with pagination. You are able to reduce the amount of queries required by adding a high limit value. Check the response header to see the maximum amount of items available within your license.

Custom Pre-Filter by Product

Under certain circumstances not all vulnerabilities by all products need to be listed in a response. If you are well aware of your softare inventory you may establish your My Filter in your settings.

If a My Filter is defined, a query may also contain the parameter myfilter=1 to enable this pre-filtering. In this case a response will only contain entries which match the filter.

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&recent=10&myfilter=1

Such pre-filtered queries only consume credits for items that matched. Therefore, such queries do not consume API credits for non-matching items (which are not shown in the response).

How many matches you will have is hard to tell. You may establish your filter as explained and review your matches in your personal alert overview. This will help you to get an estimate to predict the required amount of API credits.

Or you may send us the list of your software inventory and we will run a view statistical tests to provide a prediction.

Search Queries

Furthermore it is possible to state search queries like they would be used in a search on the web site. The API request for Microsoft Windows looks like this:

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&search=Microsoft Windows

It is also possible to search all other fields like CVE:

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&search=CVE-2014-6271

Or you may use a CPE string to search for a specific product (this is an experimental feature at the moment):

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&search=cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:::::::*

Such searches will display all matching vulnerabilities up to a certain amount of entries (depending on the license assigned to the account). As usual a simple query will cost 1 API credit no matter how many entries are included in the result.

Setting details to 1 will deliver additional details about the vulnerabilities but every single result item will count towards the API request limit. So be careful while using this feature.

Advanced Search Queries

The common search queries use a string-based search to determine entries which are interesting. This might cause a large amount of results which may include entries not of real interest. In this case it might be useful to use an Advanced Search Query instead to narrow searches. The field can hold multiple search keys. The search keys are delimited by commas. And the field/search pair is delimited by colons. This example uses 3 search keys to look for Microsoft (vendor), Windows (product) and 10 (version):

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&advancedsearch=vendor:Microsoft,product:Windows,version:10

The result will hold all entries containing these search keys in their according fields. The response structure is like the one of common Search Queries.

Supported are the following search keys:

Search TypeKeys
Fuzzyvendor, product, version, component, function, argument, advisory (identifier), researcher, researcher_company, exploit_developer, exploit_language
Exactcve, bugtraq, osvdb, xforce, secunia, exploitdb, nessus

Hint: It is nearly impossible to maintain accurate version listings in VulDB because most advisories lack accurate and complete version information. Therefore, it is suggested to only use version fields for well-known products - Try to use a conservative version definition (e.g. major version only) or use searches without versions at all and filter them afterwards.

Searching for CVE can be done very quick:

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&advancedsearch=cve:CVE-2014-6271

The credit consumption of advanced search queries is the same as with simple search queries.

Individual Collection Queries

Enterprise customers have the capability to use Individual Collection Queries to get access to a pre-defined set of entries. This is often used as vendor or product-based collections within streamlined vulnerability management handling. Some example of common collections:

  • All Microsoft products (except Windows Vista)
  • All Oracle Java versions since 09/01/2018
  • All products providing SSL capabilities
  • All IoT devices with CVSSv3 base score above 6.9
These collections are defined beforehand and the optional request parameter collection is used to request them. For example:

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&collection=customer23_microsoft_without_vista
apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&collection=oracle_java_since_01042018
apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&collection=ssl_products
apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&collection=iot_cvss3_base_above_6.9

The name of the collection and the content can be defined by the customer. This makes it possible to provide a high level of anonymity. The multi-user capability of VulDB prevents other users from using, accessing or enumerating collections of other users. Please contact our support team to set-up your desired collections.

Cyber Threat Intelligence Queries

It is possible to query the API for CTI information. The basic principle remains the same like with the Vulnerability API.

⚠️ Important: The API credit consumption of the CTI API works different than the Vulnerability API. CTI API queries consume 5 API credits for non-detailed requests with details=0 and 10 API credits for detailed requests with details=1. The amount of CTI items in the response does not influence the API consumption.

Top Activities

It is possible to query for the most active vulnerabilities similar to the activities view available on the web service. In this example the top 10 most active vulnerabilities are requested. Other values are possible as well. This query is also possible without details nor CTI features enabled.

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&activitiestop=10

This query is also possible details enabled. In this case the processing takes much longer.

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&activitiestop=10&details=1

The response will contain the list of the most active vulnerabilities:

{
    "response": {
        "version": "3.49",
        "format": "json",
        "status": "200",
        "lang": "en",
        "monoblock": "1",
        "items": 10,
        "consumption": 10,
        "remaining": 4847,
        "querylimit": 10,
        "querylimitmax": 500,
        "timestamp": "1666704701",
        "rtt": 46,
        "etag": "4c75a272a0fdced7-4673ba110e0c3df8-dcca48101505dd86"
    },
    "request": {
        "timestamp": "1666704655",
        "apikey": "valid",
        "userid": "1",
        "details": 1,
        "sort": "cti_score",
        "cti": 1,
        "type": "activitiestop",
        "value": 10
    },
    "result": [
        {
            "entry": {
                "id": "212058",
                "title": "Apple iOS\/iPadOS Kernel out-of-bounds write",
                "summary": "A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS (Smartphone Operating System) (version unknown). Affected is an unknown function of the component Kernel. Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.",
                "details": {
                    "affected": "A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple iOS and iPadOS (Smartphone Operating System) (version unknown).",
                    "vulnerability": "CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-787. The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.",
                    "impact": "This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.",
                    "countermeasure": "Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking."
                },
                "timestamp": {
                    "create": "1666675458",
                    "change": "1666675668"
                },
                "changelog": [
                    "software_type",
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                    "vulnerability_cvss2_vuldb_tempscore",
                    "vulnerability_cvss2_vuldb_av",
                    "vulnerability_cvss2_vuldb_ac",
                    "vulnerability_cvss2_vuldb_au",
                    "vulnerability_cvss2_vuldb_ci",
                    "vulnerability_cvss2_vuldb_ii",
                    "vulnerability_cvss2_vuldb_ai",
                    "vulnerability_cvss2_vuldb_e",
                    "vulnerability_cvss2_vuldb_rl",
                    "vulnerability_cvss3_meta_basescore",
                    "vulnerability_cvss3_meta_tempscore",
                    "vulnerability_cvss3_vuldb_basescore",
                    "vulnerability_cvss3_vuldb_tempscore",
                    "vulnerability_cvss3_vuldb_e",
                    "exploit_price_0day",
                    "exploit_price_trend"
                ]
            },
            "software": {
                "vendor": "Apple",
                "name": [
                    "iOS",
                    "iPadOS"
                ],
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                "type": "Smartphone Operating System",
                "website": {
                    "vendor": "https:\/\/www.apple.com\/"
                },
                "cpe": [
                    "cpe:\/o:apple:iphone_os",
                    "cpe:\/o:apple:ipados"
                ],
                "cpe23": [
                    "cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::",
                    "cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados::::::::"
                ]
            },
            "vulnerability": {
                "risk": {
                    "name": "medium"
                },
                "class": "memory corruption",
                "cwe": "CWE-787",
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                    "vuldb": {
                        "basescore": "6.8",
                        "tempscore": "5.9",
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                        "ac": "L",
                        "au": "S",
                        "ci": "C",
                        "ii": "C",
                        "ai": "C",
                        "e": "ND",
                        "rl": "OF",
                        "rc": "C"
                    }
                },
                "cvss3": {
                    "meta": {
                        "basescore": "7.8",
                        "tempscore": "7.5"
                    },
                    "vuldb": {
                        "confidence": "High",
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                        "tempscore": "7.5",
                        "basevector": "AV:L\/AC:L\/PR:L\/UI:N\/S:U\/C:H\/I:H\/A:H",
                        "tempvector": "E:X\/RL:O\/RC:C",
                        "av": "L",
                        "ac": "L",
                        "pr": "L",
                        "ui": "N",
                        "s": "U",
                        "c": "H",
                        "i": "H",
                        "a": "H",
                        "e": "X",
                        "rl": "O",
                        "rc": "C"
                    }
                },
                "advisoryquote": "An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.",
                "timeline": [
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                        "event": "Advisory disclosed",
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                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1666562400",
                        "event": "Countermeasure disclosed",
                        "diff": "+0 days",
                        "color": "blue"
                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1666656000",
                        "event": "VulDB entry created",
                        "diff": "+1 days",
                        "link": "https:\/\/vuldb.com\/?recent.20221025",
                        "color": "blue"
                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1666675668",
                        "event": "VulDB last update",
                        "diff": "+0 days",
                        "link": "https:\/\/vuldb.com\/?id.212058",
                        "color": "blue"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "advisory": {
                "date": "1666562400",
                "url": "https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT213489",
                "identifier": "HT213489",
                "reportconfidence": "confirmed"
            },
            "exploit": {
                "exploitability": "not defined",
                "price": {
                    "0day": "$50k-$100k",
                    "today": "$10k-$25k",
                    "trend": "+"
                }
            },
            "countermeasure": {
                "remediationlevel": "official fix",
                "name": "Upgrade",
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                "advisoryquote": "An out-of-bounds write issue was addressed with improved bounds checking."
            },
            "source": {
                "cve": {
                    "id": "CVE-2022-42827"
                },
                "sciplabs": {
                    "url": [
                        "https:\/\/www.scip.ch\/en\/?labs.20150917"
                    ]
                }
            },
            "cti": {
                "activity": {
                    "score": "10.00",
                    "countries": [
                        "us",
                        "de",
                        "gb"
                    ],
                    "actors": [
                        "Asia Unknown",
                        "Europe Unknown",
                        "Emotet",
                        "Conti",
                        "Patchwork",
                        "Lazarus",
                        "NetWire"
                    ]
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "entry": {
                "id": "211937",
                "title": "Nginx IPv4 Off ngx_resolver.c memory leak",
                "summary": "A vulnerability was found in Nginx (Web Server) (unknown version) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the file ngx_resolver.c of the component IPv4 Off Handler. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at hg.nginx.org.",
                "details": {
                    "affected": "A vulnerability was found in Nginx (Web Server) (unknown version) and classified as problematic.",
                    "vulnerability": "Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-401. The software does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.",
                    "impact": "Impacted is availability.",
                    "countermeasure": "Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at hg.nginx.org."
                },
                "timestamp": {
                    "create": "1666349533",
                    "change": "1666349533"
                }
            },
            "software": {
                "name": "Nginx",
                "component": "IPv4 Off Handler",
                "file": "ngx_resolver.c",
                "type": "Web Server",
                "cpe": [
                    "cpe:\/a:nginx:nginx"
                ],
                "cpe23": [
                    "cpe:2.3:a:nginx:nginx::::::::"
                ]
            },
            "vulnerability": {
                "risk": {
                    "value": "1",
                    "name": "low"
                },
                "class": "denial of service",
                "cwe": "CWE-401",
                "attck": "T1499",
                "cvss2": {
                    "vuldb": {
                        "basescore": "2.6",
                        "tempscore": "2.3",
                        "av": "N",
                        "ac": "H",
                        "au": "N",
                        "ci": "N",
                        "ii": "N",
                        "ai": "P",
                        "e": "ND",
                        "rl": "OF",
                        "rc": "C"
                    }
                },
                "cvss3": {
                    "meta": {
                        "basescore": "3.7",
                        "tempscore": "3.6"
                    },
                    "vuldb": {
                        "confidence": "High",
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                        "tempscore": "3.6",
                        "basevector": "AV:N\/AC:H\/PR:N\/UI:N\/S:U\/C:N\/I:N\/A:L",
                        "tempvector": "E:X\/RL:O\/RC:C",
                        "av": "N",
                        "ac": "H",
                        "pr": "N",
                        "ui": "N",
                        "s": "U",
                        "c": "N",
                        "i": "N",
                        "a": "L",
                        "e": "X",
                        "rl": "O",
                        "rc": "C"
                    }
                },
                "timeline": [
                    {
                        "date": "1666303200",
                        "event": "Advisory disclosed",
                        "color": "blue"
                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1666310400",
                        "event": "VulDB entry created",
                        "diff": "+0 days",
                        "link": "https:\/\/vuldb.com\/?recent.20221021",
                        "color": "blue"
                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1666349533",
                        "event": "VulDB last update",
                        "diff": "+0 days",
                        "link": "https:\/\/vuldb.com\/?id.211937",
                        "color": "blue"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "advisory": {
                "date": "1666303200",
                "url": "http:\/\/hg.nginx.org\/nginx\/rev\/0422365794f7",
                "identifier": "0422365794f7",
                "reportconfidence": "confirmed",
                "confirm": {
                    "url": "https:\/\/github.com\/nginx\/nginx\/commit\/14341ce2377d38a268261e0fec65b6915ae6e95e"
                }
            },
            "exploit": {
                "exploitability": "not defined",
                "price": {
                    "0day": "$0-$1k",
                    "today": "$0-$1k"
                },
                "epss": {
                    "score": "0.0089",
                    "percentile": "0.29109"
                }
            },
            "countermeasure": {
                "remediationlevel": "official fix",
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                "patch": {
                    "url": "http:\/\/hg.nginx.org\/nginx\/rev\/0422365794f7"
                }
            },
            "source": {
                "cve": {
                    "id": "CVE-2022-3638"
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            },
            "cti": {
                "activity": {
                    "score": "4.48",
                    "countries": [
                        "us",
                        "jp"
                    ],
                    "actors": [
                        "FritzFrog",
                        "Tofsee",
                        "Monokle",
                        "IcedID",
                        "Europe Unknown",
                        "Cerber",
                        "Patchwork",
                        "Black KingDom",
                        "Asia Unknown",
                        "Powload"
                    ]
                }
            },
            "cna": {
                "responsible": "VulDB"
            }
        },
        {
            "entry": {
                "id": "210774",
                "title": "Apache Commons Text up to 1.9 Variable Interpolation Privilege Escalation",
                "summary": "A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apache Commons Text up to 1.9. Affected is an unknown code of the component Variable Interpolation Handler. Upgrading to version 1.10.0 eliminates this vulnerability.",
                "details": {
                    "affected": "A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apache Commons Text up to 1.9.",
                    "impact": "This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.",
                    "countermeasure": "Upgrading to version 1.10.0 eliminates this vulnerability."
                },
                "timestamp": {
                    "create": "1665673357",
                    "change": "1665673357"
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            },
            "software": {
                "vendor": "Apache",
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                    "1.1",
                    "1.2",
                    "1.3",
                    "1.4",
                    "1.5",
                    "1.6",
                    "1.7",
                    "1.8",
                    "1.9"
                ],
                "component": "Variable Interpolation Handler",
                "website": {
                    "vendor": "https:\/\/www.apache.org\/"
                },
                "cpe": [
                    "cpe:\/a:apache:commons_text:1.0",
                    "cpe:\/a:apache:commons_text:1.1",
                    "cpe:\/a:apache:commons_text:1.2",
                    "cpe:\/a:apache:commons_text:1.3",
                    "cpe:\/a:apache:commons_text:1.4",
                    "cpe:\/a:apache:commons_text:1.5",
                    "cpe:\/a:apache:commons_text:1.6",
                    "cpe:\/a:apache:commons_text:1.7",
                    "cpe:\/a:apache:commons_text:1.8",
                    "cpe:\/a:apache:commons_text:1.9"
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                "cpe23": [
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                    "cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_text:1.1:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_text:1.2:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_text:1.3:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_text:1.4:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_text:1.5:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_text:1.6:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_text:1.7:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_text:1.8:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_text:1.9:::::::*"
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            },
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                "class": "Privilege Escalation",
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                        "ac": "L",
                        "au": "S",
                        "ci": "P",
                        "ii": "P",
                        "ai": "P",
                        "e": "ND",
                        "rl": "OF",
                        "rc": "C"
                    }
                },
                "cvss3": {
                    "meta": {
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                    "vuldb": {
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                        "ac": "L",
                        "pr": "L",
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                        "c": "L",
                        "i": "L",
                        "a": "L",
                        "e": "X",
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                        "rc": "C"
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                },
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                        "color": "blue"
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                        "color": "blue"
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                    {
                        "date": "1665619200",
                        "event": "VulDB entry created",
                        "diff": "+0 days",
                        "link": "https:\/\/vuldb.com\/?recent.20221013",
                        "color": "blue"
                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1665673357",
                        "event": "VulDB last update",
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                        "link": "https:\/\/vuldb.com\/?id.210774",
                        "color": "blue"
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                ]
            },
            "advisory": {
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            "exploit": {
                "exploitability": "not defined",
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            },
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            },
            "source": {
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                    "id": "CVE-2022-42889",
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                    "summary": "Apache Commons Text performs variable interpolation, allowing properties to be dynamically evaluated and expanded. The standard format for interpolation is \"${prefix:name}\", where \"prefix\" is used to locate an instance of org.apache.commons.text.lookup.StringLookup that performs the interpolation. Starting with version 1.5 and continuing through 1.9, the set of default Lookup instances included interpolators that could result in arbitrary code execution or contact with remote servers. These lookups are:\r\n\r\n- \"script\" - execute expressions using the JVM script execution engine (javax.script)\r\n- \"dns\" - resolve dns records\r\n- \"url\" - load values from urls, including from remote servers\r\n\r\nApplications using the interpolation defaults in the affected versions may be vulnerable to remote code execution or unintentional contact with remote servers if untrusted configuration values are used. Users are recommended to upgrade to Apache Commons Text 1.10.0, which disables the problematic interpolators by default."
                }
            },
            "cti": {
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                    "countries": [
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                        "us",
                        "cn"
                    ],
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                        "Tofsee",
                        "Phorpiex",
                        "Europe Unknown",
                        "Conti",
                        "Kovter",
                        "BuerLoader",
                        "VBShower",
                        "Patchwork",
                        "GandCrab",
                        "Qakbot",
                        "Gamarue",
                        "Shadowcrew",
                        "Backdoor",
                        "Suppobox",
                        "APT33",
                        "Vice Society",
                        "Zbot",
                        "Nymaim",
                        "North America Unknown",
                        "Africa Unknown",
                        "TeslaCrypt",
                        "Magecart"
                    ]
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "entry": {
                "id": "212043",
                "title": "Iij SmartKey up to 2.1.3 on Android One-Time Password information disclosure",
                "summary": "A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Iij SmartKey up to 2.1.3 on Android (Android App Software). This affects some unknown processing of the component One-Time Password Handler. Upgrading to version 2.1.4 eliminates this vulnerability.",
                "details": {
                    "affected": "A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Iij SmartKey up to 2.1.3 on Android (Android App Software).",
                    "vulnerability": "CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.",
                    "impact": "This is going to have an impact on confidentiality.",
                    "countermeasure": "Upgrading to version 2.1.4 eliminates this vulnerability."
                },
                "timestamp": {
                    "create": "1666640022",
                    "change": "1666640022"
                }
            },
            "software": {
                "vendor": "Iij",
                "name": "SmartKey",
                "version": [
                    "2.1.0",
                    "2.1.1",
                    "2.1.2",
                    "2.1.3"
                ],
                "platform": "Android",
                "component": "One-Time Password Handler",
                "type": "Android App Software",
                "cpe": [
                    "cpe:\/a:iij:smartkey:2.1.0",
                    "cpe:\/a:iij:smartkey:2.1.1",
                    "cpe:\/a:iij:smartkey:2.1.2",
                    "cpe:\/a:iij:smartkey:2.1.3"
                ],
                "cpe23": [
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                    "cpe:2.3:a:iij:smartkey:2.1.1:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:iij:smartkey:2.1.2:::::::*",
                    "cpe:2.3:a:iij:smartkey:2.1.3:::::::*"
                ]
            },
            "vulnerability": {
                "risk": {
                    "value": "1",
                    "name": "low"
                },
                "class": "information disclosure",
                "cwe": "CWE-200",
                "attck": "T1592",
                "cvss2": {
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                        "tempscore": "1.2",
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                        "ac": "H",
                        "au": "S",
                        "ci": "P",
                        "ii": "N",
                        "ai": "N",
                        "e": "ND",
                        "rl": "OF",
                        "rc": "C"
                    }
                },
                "cvss3": {
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                        "basescore": "2.6",
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                    },
                    "vuldb": {
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                        "ac": "H",
                        "pr": "L",
                        "ui": "N",
                        "s": "U",
                        "c": "L",
                        "i": "N",
                        "a": "N",
                        "e": "X",
                        "rl": "O",
                        "rc": "C"
                    }
                },
                "timeline": [
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                        "event": "CVE reserved",
                        "color": "blue"
                    },
                    {
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                        "color": "blue"
                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1666569600",
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                ]
            },
            "advisory": {
                "date": "1666303200",
                "url": "https:\/\/git.kernel.org\/pub\/scm\/linux\/kernel\/git\/pabeni\/net-next.git\/commit\/?id=17a5f6a78dc7b8db385de346092d7d9f9dc24df6",
                "reportconfidence": "confirmed"
            },
            "exploit": {
                "exploitability": "not defined",
                "price": {
                    "0day": "$10k-$25k",
                    "today": "$2k-$5k"
                },
                "epss": {
                    "score": "0.00885",
                    "percentile": "0.26707"
                }
            },
            "countermeasure": {
                "remediationlevel": "official fix",
                "name": "Patch",
                "patch": {
                    "url": "https:\/\/git.kernel.org\/pub\/scm\/linux\/kernel\/git\/pabeni\/net-next.git\/commit\/?id=17a5f6a78dc7b8db385de346092d7d9f9dc24df6"
                }
            },
            "source": {
                "cve": {
                    "id": "CVE-2022-3636"
                }
            },
            "cti": {
                "activity": {
                    "score": "2.73",
                    "countries": [
                        "us",
                        "it"
                    ],
                    "actors": [
                        "Monokle",
                        "Europe Unknown",
                        "Cerber",
                        "GandCrab",
                        "Black KingDom",
                        "Prophet Spider",
                        "Asia Unknown",
                        "Carbanak",
                        "Powload",
                        "Gamarue",
                        "Adwind"
                    ]
                }
            },
            "cna": {
                "responsible": "VulDB"
            }
        },
        {
            "entry": {
                "id": "211929",
                "title": "Linux Kernel IPsec net\/core\/devlink.c devlink_param_set\/devlink_param_get use after free",
                "summary": "A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel (Operating System) (the affected version unknown). It has been classified as critical. This affects the function devlink_param_set\/devlink_param_get of the file net\/core\/devlink.c of the component IPsec. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org.",
                "details": {
                    "affected": "A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel (Operating System) (the affected version unknown). It has been classified as critical.",
                    "vulnerability": "CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.",
                    "impact": "This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.",
                    "countermeasure": "Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org."
                },
                "timestamp": {
                    "create": "1666331032",
                    "change": "1666331032"
                }
            },
            "software": {
                "vendor": "Linux",
                "name": "Kernel",
                "component": "IPsec",
                "file": "net\/core\/devlink.c",
                "function": [
                    "devlink_param_set",
                    "devlink_param_get"
                ],
                "type": "Operating System",
                "website": {
                    "vendor": "https:\/\/www.kernel.org\/"
                },
                "cpe": [
                    "cpe:\/o:linux:linux_kernel"
                ],
                "cpe23": [
                    "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::"
                ]
            },
            "vulnerability": {
                "risk": {
                    "value": "2",
                    "name": "medium"
                },
                "class": "memory corruption",
                "cwe": "CWE-416",
                "cvss2": {
                    "vuldb": {
                        "basescore": "4.0",
                        "tempscore": "3.5",
                        "av": "A",
                        "ac": "H",
                        "au": "S",
                        "ci": "P",
                        "ii": "P",
                        "ai": "P",
                        "e": "ND",
                        "rl": "OF",
                        "rc": "C"
                    }
                },
                "cvss3": {
                    "meta": {
                        "basescore": "4.6",
                        "tempscore": "4.4"
                    },
                    "vuldb": {
                        "confidence": "High",
                        "basescore": "4.6",
                        "tempscore": "4.4",
                        "basevector": "AV:A\/AC:H\/PR:L\/UI:N\/S:U\/C:L\/I:L\/A:L",
                        "tempvector": "E:X\/RL:O\/RC:C",
                        "av": "A",
                        "ac": "H",
                        "pr": "L",
                        "ui": "N",
                        "s": "U",
                        "c": "L",
                        "i": "L",
                        "a": "L",
                        "e": "X",
                        "rl": "O",
                        "rc": "C"
                    }
                },
                "timeline": [
                    {
                        "date": "1666303200",
                        "event": "Advisory disclosed",
                        "color": "blue"
                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1666310400",
                        "event": "VulDB entry created",
                        "diff": "+0 days",
                        "link": "https:\/\/vuldb.com\/?recent.20221021",
                        "color": "blue"
                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1666331032",
                        "event": "VulDB last update",
                        "diff": "+0 days",
                        "link": "https:\/\/vuldb.com\/?id.211929",
                        "color": "blue"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "advisory": {
                "date": "1666303200",
                "url": "https:\/\/git.kernel.org\/pub\/scm\/linux\/kernel\/git\/klassert\/ipsec-next.git\/commit\/?id=6b4db2e528f650c7fb712961aac36455468d5902",
                "reportconfidence": "confirmed"
            },
            "exploit": {
                "exploitability": "not defined",
                "price": {
                    "0day": "$10k-$25k",
                    "today": "$2k-$5k"
                },
                "epss": {
                    "score": "0.00885",
                    "percentile": "0.26707"
                }
            },
            "countermeasure": {
                "remediationlevel": "official fix",
                "name": "Patch",
                "patch": {
                    "url": "https:\/\/git.kernel.org\/pub\/scm\/linux\/kernel\/git\/klassert\/ipsec-next.git\/commit\/?id=6b4db2e528f650c7fb712961aac36455468d5902"
                }
            },
            "source": {
                "cve": {
                    "id": "CVE-2022-3625"
                }
            },
            "cti": {
                "activity": {
                    "score": "2.71",
                    "countries": [
                        "us",
                        "it"
                    ],
                    "actors": [
                        "Monokle",
                        "Europe Unknown",
                        "VBShower",
                        "Patchwork",
                        "Grizzly Steppe",
                        "Black KingDom",
                        "Asia Unknown",
                        "Powload"
                    ]
                }
            },
            "cna": {
                "responsible": "VulDB"
            }
        },
        {
            "entry": {
                "id": "211962",
                "title": "Redis Crash Report debug.c sigsegvHandler denial of service",
                "summary": "A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Redis (version unknown). Affected is the function sigsegvHandler of the file debug.c of the component Crash Report. Applying the patch 0bf90d944313919eb8e63d3588bf63a367f020a3 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.",
                "details": {
                    "affected": "A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Redis (version unknown).",
                    "vulnerability": "CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The program does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.",
                    "impact": "This is going to have an impact on availability.",
                    "countermeasure": "Applying the patch 0bf90d944313919eb8e63d3588bf63a367f020a3 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com."
                },
                "timestamp": {
                    "create": "1666375613",
                    "change": "1666375613"
                }
            },
            "software": {
                "name": "Redis",
                "component": "Crash Report",
                "file": "debug.c",
                "function": "sigsegvHandler",
                "cpe": [
                    "cpe:\/a:redis:redis"
                ],
                "cpe23": [
                    "cpe:2.3:a:redis:redis::::::::"
                ]
            },
            "vulnerability": {
                "risk": {
                    "value": "1",
                    "name": "low"
                },
                "class": "denial of service",
                "cwe": "CWE-404",
                "cvss2": {
                    "vuldb": {
                        "basescore": "1.8",
                        "tempscore": "1.6",
                        "av": "A",
                        "ac": "H",
                        "au": "N",
                        "ci": "N",
                        "ii": "N",
                        "ai": "P",
                        "e": "ND",
                        "rl": "OF",
                        "rc": "C"
                    }
                },
                "cvss3": {
                    "meta": {
                        "basescore": "3.1",
                        "tempscore": "3.0"
                    },
                    "vuldb": {
                        "confidence": "High",
                        "basescore": "3.1",
                        "tempscore": "3.0",
                        "basevector": "AV:A\/AC:H\/PR:N\/UI:N\/S:U\/C:N\/I:N\/A:L",
                        "tempvector": "E:X\/RL:O\/RC:C",
                        "av": "A",
                        "ac": "H",
                        "pr": "N",
                        "ui": "N",
                        "s": "U",
                        "c": "N",
                        "i": "N",
                        "a": "L",
                        "e": "X",
                        "rl": "O",
                        "rc": "C"
                    }
                },
                "timeline": [
                    {
                        "date": "1666303200",
                        "event": "Advisory disclosed",
                        "color": "blue"
                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1666310400",
                        "event": "VulDB entry created",
                        "diff": "+0 days",
                        "link": "https:\/\/vuldb.com\/?recent.20221021",
                        "color": "blue"
                    },
                    {
                        "date": "1666375614",
                        "event": "VulDB last update",
                        "diff": "+0 days",
                        "link": "https:\/\/vuldb.com\/?id.211962",
                        "color": "blue"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "advisory": {
                "date": "1666303200",
                "url": "https:\/\/github.com\/redis\/redis\/commit\/0bf90d944313919eb8e63d3588bf63a367f020a3",
                "identifier": "0bf90d944313919eb8e63d3588bf63a367f020a3",
                "reportconfidence": "confirmed"
            },
            "exploit": {
                "exploitability": "not defined",
                "price": {
                    "0day": "$0-$1k",
                    "today": "$0-$1k"
                },
                "epss": {
                    "score": "0.00885",
                    "percentile": "0.26707"
                }
            },
            "countermeasure": {
                "remediationlevel": "official fix",
                "name": "Patch",
                "patch": {
                    "name": "0bf90d944313919eb8e63d3588bf63a367f020a3",
                    "url": "https:\/\/github.com\/redis\/redis\/commit\/0bf90d944313919eb8e63d3588bf63a367f020a3"
                }
            },
            "source": {
                "cve": {
                    "id": "CVE-2022-3647"
                }
            },
            "cti": {
                "activity": {
                    "score": "2.69",
                    "countries": [
                        "us",
                        "it"
                    ],
                    "actors": [
                        "Cobalt Strike",
                        "Europe Unknown",
                        "Patchwork",
                        "Black KingDom",
                        "Ursnif",
                        "APT33",
                        "Cobalt Group",
                        "Carbanak",
                        "Powload",
                        "Gamarue"
                    ]
                }
            },
            "cna": {
                "responsible": "VulDB"
            }
        }
    ]
}

IP Address

It is possible to query an IP address to get the risk level, associated activities, and indicators. To do so the IP address must be requested with the ipaddr query:

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&ipaddr=192.168.0.1

The response will contain an item for the requested IP address. The child elements contain the CTI information associated with the requested item.

{
    "response": {
        "version": "3.43",
        "format": "json",
        "status": "200",
        "lang": "en",
        "consumption": 10,
        "remaining": 4607,
        "querylimit": 100,
        "querylimitmax": 500,
        "timestamp": "1657004802",
        "rtt": 0,
        "etag": "c0102cf150858120-279b2a4116650b4b-dcca48101505dd86"
    },
    "request": {
        "timestamp": "1657004802",
        "apikey": "valid",
        "userid": "1",
        "details": 1,
        "sort": "entry_timestamp_create",
        "type": "ipaddr",
        "value": "192.168.0.1"
    },
    "result": [
        {
            "ipaddr": {
                "ipv4": "192.168.0.1",
                "hostname": "www.example.com",
                "timestamp": {
                    "reported": "1607986800",
                    "confirmed": "1607986800"
                },
                "risk": {
                    "value": "7.80",
                    "name": "High"
                },
                "attribution": "APT32",
                "association": {
                    "us": "Very High"
                },
                "vulnerability": [
                    "114582",
                    "114577",
                    "114580"
                ],
                "cve": [
                    "CVE-2024-0769",
                    "CVE-2024-0739",
                    "CVE-2024-0732"
                ],
                "ioa": {
                    "file": [
                        "asm\/nasm.c",
                        "coders\/tiff.c",
                        "elf.c"
                    ],
                    "library": [
                        "AeXNSPkgDLLib.dll",
                        "Monitor_x86.sys",
                        "fs\/ncpfs\/ncplib_kernel.c"
                    ],
                    "argument": [
                        "id",
                        "l\/dl\/del",
                        "src"
                    ],
                    "network_port": [
                        "8888"
                    ]
                },
                "ttp": {
                    "technique": [
                        "T1006",
                        "T1055",
                        "T1059.007"
                    ],
                    "cwe": [
                        "CWE-22",
                        "CWE-74",
                        "CWE-79"
                    ]
                },
                "sources": "https:\/\/www.fireeye.com\/blog\/threat-research\/2017\/05\/cyber-espionage-apt32.html"
            }
        }
    ]
}

APT Actor

Similar to query by IP address it is possible to query for known APT actor names. The list of available names is shown on the web dashboard and the same format must be used to request actor details. Requests using actor are case-insensitive.

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&actor=zegost

The response will contain the actor details as child elements:

{
    "response": {
        "version": "3.43",
        "format": "json",
        "status": "200",
        "lang": "en",
        "consumption": 10,
        "remaining": 4627,
        "querylimit": 100,
        "querylimitmax": 500,
        "timestamp": "1657004773",
        "rtt": 0,
        "etag": "e1ec65b663718046-09cf32c29d53761d-dcca48101505dd86"
    },
    "request": {
        "timestamp": "1657004773",
        "apikey": "valid",
        "userid": "1",
        "details": 1,
        "sort": "entry_timestamp_create",
        "type": "actor",
        "value": "zegost"
    },
    "result": [
        {
            "actor": {
                "ipv4": [
                    "101.254.149.206",
                    "103.212.33.244",
                    "103.213.248.226"
                ],
                "hostname": [
                    "ns1648.ztomy.com",
                    "lb-182-251.above.com",
                    "107.182.21.225.16clouds.com"
                ],
                "risk": {
                    "value": "10.00",
                    "name": "Very High"
                },
                "attribution": "Zegost",
                "association": {
                    "us": "Medium",
                    "cn": "Very Low",
                    "gb": "Very Low"
                },
                "vulnerability": [
                    "85337",
                    "52199",
                    "202963"
                ],
                "cve": [
                    "CVE-2024-0769",
                    "CVE-2024-0739",
                    "CVE-2024-0732"
                ],
                "ioa": {
                    "file": [
                        "\/Content\/Template\/root\/reverse-shell.aspx",
                        "\/admin.php?r=admin\/AdminBackup\/del",
                        "\/admin\/edit.php"
                    ],
                    "library": [
                        "\/lib\/Cleantalk\/ApbctWP\/FindSpam\/ListTable\/Comments.php",
                        "\/lib\/Cleantalk\/ApbctWP\/FindSpam\/ListTable\/Users.php",
                        "www\/Lib\/Lib\/Action\/Admin\/TplAction.class.php"
                    ],
                    "argument": [
                        "First name\/Last name",
                        "QUERY_STRING",
                        "Referer address",
                    ],
                    "input_value": [
                        "<script>alert(1)<\/script>"
                    ],
                    "pattern": [
                        "|05 00 00|"
                    ],
                    "network_port": [
                        "tcp\/135"
                    ]
                },
                "ttp": {
                    "technique": [
                        "T1006",
                        "T1055",
                        "T1059"

], "cwe": [ "CWE-21", "CWE-22", "CWE-74" ] }, "sources": [ "https:\/\/blog.talosintelligence.com\/2021\/01\/threat-roundup-0108-0115.html" ] } } ] }

Events

Furthermore, it is possible to request current events. The number of events is defined by the events parameter and has to range from 1 to 10. The API credits consumption does not depend on the defined limit.

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&events=5

The response will contain all the events and the associated attributes:

{
    "response": {
        "version": "3.43",
        "format": "json",
        "status": "200",
        "lang": "en",
        "consumption": 10,
        "remaining": 4460,
        "querylimit": 5,
        "querylimitmax": 500,
        "timestamp": "1657017625",
        "rtt": 8,
        "etag": "e47c7aacbf586629-7d8a2482914d8a18-dcca48101505dd86"
    },
    "request": {
        "timestamp": "1657017617",
        "apikey": "valid",
        "userid": "1",
        "details": 1,
        "sort": "entry_timestamp_create",
        "type": "events",
        "value": "5"
    },
    "result": [
        {
            "181fe08454216affdc6b5f9e370a29fa": {
                "timestamp": "1657015877",
                "title": "Actor Group in SE review vendor Elefant",
                "summary": "It was possible to identify an event of interest on 12:11 PM. It was possible to identify multiple members of an unknown group to be part of the activities. The center of attention is the vendor  Elefant. This event is assigned the severity General Danger.",
                "type": "group",
                "country": "se",
                "focus": "vendor",
                "object": "Elefant",
                "weight": "190",
                "risk": "General Danger",
                "details": "https:\/\/vuldb.com\/?vendor.elefant"
            }
        },
        {
            "6accd6ba6c4d94ac82c5582a852ac6a9": {
                "timestamp": "1657014839",
                "title": "Actor Group review type Multimedia Processing Software",
                "summary": "During an analysis our CTI team identified an interesting event on 11:53 AM. It was possible to identify multiple members of an unknown group to be part of the activities. This event is assigned the severity General Danger.",
                "type": "group",
                "focus": "type",
                "object": "Multimedia Processing Software",
                "weight": "109",
                "risk": "General Danger",
                "details": "https:\/\/vuldb.com\/?cti"
            }
        },
        {
            "2a052f69cff835f3514464a8eb4df6ad": {
                "timestamp": "1657014297",
                "title": "Multiple international Actors investigate vendor Oracle",
                "summary": "It was possible to identify an event of interest on 11:44 AM. It was possible to attribute some activities to the sector Technology. The center of attention is the vendor  Oracle. The weight of this event is Slightly Elevated Danger.",
                "type": "vendor",
                "focus": "vendor",
                "object": "Oracle",
                "weight": "302",
                "risk": "Slightly Elevated Danger",
                "details": "https:\/\/vuldb.com\/?vendor.oracle"
            }
        },
        {
            "6a01e11558439fa0abc274ee6dfe0a37": {
                "timestamp": "1657014104",
                "title": "Local Actors in ES review vendor Oracle",
                "summary": "An interesting CTI event has been detected on 11:41 AM. There was a peak in activity within the country es. The activities are primarily focusing on Oracle as a vendor. This event is assigned the severity General Danger.",
                "type": "country",
                "country": "es",
                "focus": "vendor",
                "object": "Oracle",
                "weight": "114",
                "risk": "General Danger",
                "details": "https:\/\/vuldb.com\/?vendor.oracle"
            }
        },
        {
            "b0cc6614919d28fff33819b1e679a455": {
                "timestamp": "1657014049",
                "title": "Local Actors in CN review type Operating System",
                "summary": "It was possible to identify an event of interest on 11:40 AM. An unusual peak within the country cn was identified. This event is classified as General Danger.",
                "type": "country",
                "country": "cn",
                "focus": "type",
                "object": "Operating System",
                "weight": "178",
                "risk": "General Danger",
                "details": "https:\/\/vuldb.com\/?country.cn"
            }
        }
    ]
}

Sorting Results

Every successful response contains the field sort in the request section which indicates the field name which was used to sort the results. The default is the field entry_timestamp_create which indicates the timestamp when the entry was created within the VulDB database.

For certain vulnerability API queries you may be able to change the sort behavior with the request parameter sort:

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&search=Microsoft Windows&sort=source_cve

The following fields are supported for sorting:

  • id
  • entry_timestamp_create
  • entry_timestamp_change
  • advisory_date
  • source_cve
  • source_securityfocus
  • source_secunia
  • source_osvdb

Limiting Results

Some queries like search might demand a lot of API credits (1 credit for every result within a full request) and generate a lot of data. To limit the API credit usage, the data output and to improve performance, you might use the limit parameter to reduce the number of results included in the response:

apikey=[your_personal_api_key]&search=Microsoft Windows&sort=source_cve&limit=5

Queries which define a number of response items for themselves do not support the limit parameter. These are typically recent and updates which will ignore limit all the way.

Every request type has an internally hardcoded limit of results which is shown with the field querylimit. The definition of limit cannot exceed querylimit or your remaining API credits. If a query has contradicting values, the smaller one will be used to prevent violation of policy.

Debugging

It is possible to see your recent API requests online in your user profile. This makes it possible to understand and debug API transactions. The debug log contains the full request and response headers. It does also list the items that were matching in this request.

An API request is logged if all of the following aspects are true:

RequirementPrerequisiteLimit LogNo Log
personal API key validsignup, account validated-401
account allowed to use APIno lockout, no API limitations-401
request type validcorrect API request403405
request type validinvalid request type values400-

Be aware that repeating error messages are only logged once per 10 minutes. If the error message of the same type is provoked again - for example 403 API rate exceeded - the duplicate log entry will be ignored.

DDoS Protection

The services of VulDB are very well requested by people and customers all around the world. To prevent excessive fetching and destructive DDoS attacks (Distributed Denial of Service), the services have a DDoS Protection enabled. This protection tries to identify misbehavior and prevent attackers from influencing the experience of other users.

For example, a large amount of requests might cause an 429 Too Many Requests HTTP error message. This message informs the requester how long the access got suspended. After this lockout further processing of requests is possible anymore.

In the first phase the lockout and unlocking happens automatically. In such cases we suggest that you increase the delay between your requests to prevent this effect. Usually a delay of 2-5 seconds should be enough to stay below the threshold.

If the problem persists, a permanent lockout might be enforced. In this case please contact the support team to discuss the possibilities.

Custom Integrations

There is a wide variety of online services which allow to automate online request handling. These might be used to access the data via API.

Postman.co

1. Create a new HTTP request

2. Change request type from GET to POST

3. Enter the url https://vuldb.com/?api

4. Select the tab Body and chose form-data

5. Add the key-value pairs apikey=[your_personal_api_key and recent=5 (example)

6. Send the request

License

Data requested via API underly the same license and terms like the rest of the web site.

You are able to purchase additional API credits online. If you are an enterprise customer with individual needs please contact us. We have different pricing models to match the individual needs of our customers.

Abuse of the API (e.g. flooding, key sharing, license violation) and misuse of the extracted data will be prosecuted technically and legally. See the Data Privacy Notice how data is processed on the web site. This is also applicable for the API interface.

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