OpenSSF

OpenSSF Vulns API

The Vulns API from OpenSSF — 1 operation(s) for vulns.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 1

GET /v1/vulns/{id} Get vulnerability by OSV ID #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://google.github.io/osv.dev/api/
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Documentation
https://osv.dev/
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Documentation
https://github.com/ossf/scorecard
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Documentation
https://scorecard.dev/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openssf/refs/heads/main/openapi/openssf-vulns-api-openapi.yml

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/google/osv.dev
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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/ossf/osv-schema

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openssf/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openssf-osv-vulnerability-schema.json

Other Resources

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JSONLDContext
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openssf/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openssf-context.jsonld

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OpenAPI Specification

openssf-vulns-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities) Vulns API
  description: OSV is a distributed open source vulnerability database and triage infrastructure project hosted by the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF). The OSV API exposes vulnerability records keyed to specific package versions or commits across multiple ecosystems (npm, PyPI, Maven, Go, NuGet, RubyGems, Cargo, Packagist, Hex, OSS-Fuzz, Linux, Android, GitHub Actions, etc.).
  version: '1'
  contact:
    name: OSV
    url: https://osv.dev/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
- url: https://api.osv.dev
  description: OSV production API
tags:
- name: Vulns
paths:
  /v1/vulns/{id}:
    get:
      operationId: getVulnerability
      summary: Get vulnerability by OSV ID
      description: Return a Vulnerability object for a given OSV ID.
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          example: GHSA-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Vulnerability record.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Vulnerability'
        '404':
          description: Vulnerability not found.
      tags:
      - Vulns
components:
  schemas:
    Vulnerability:
      type: object
      description: OSV schema vulnerability record.
      properties:
        schema_version:
          type: string
        id:
          type: string
        modified:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        published:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        withdrawn:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        aliases:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        related:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        summary:
          type: string
        details:
          type: string
        severity:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              type:
                type: string
              score:
                type: string
        affected:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              package:
                type: object
                properties:
                  ecosystem:
                    type: string
                  name:
                    type: string
                  purl:
                    type: string
              ranges:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
              versions:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
              ecosystem_specific:
                type: object
              database_specific:
                type: object
        references:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              type:
                type: string
              url:
                type: string
        credits:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        database_specific:
          type: object
externalDocs:
  description: OSV API documentation
  url: https://google.github.io/osv.dev/api/