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Before an agent or a build step installs a dependency, one question is cheap to ask: does this exact version have a known advisory?

How vulnerabilities are named

  • A GHSA id belongs to the GitHub advisory database; a CVE id is the common cross-vendor identifier. One problem can have both, listed as aliases of the same advisory.
  • A severity label (low, moderate, high, critical) summarises impact, but only the advisory text tells you whether your usage is affected.
  • The first fixed version is the earliest release that contains the fix.

One request 

curl "https://api.ambolt.dev/v1/package-vulnerabilities?ecosystem=npm&name=lodash&version=4.17.20&free=1"

The answer gives the version you asked about, the latest published version, and for each known advisory its id, aliases, a short summary, a severity label and the first fixed version.

Reading the result

  • An empty list is not a guarantee. It means no advisory is published for that version, not that the code is free of problems.
  • Check the fixed version against your constraints. A fix may need a major upgrade.
  • Pin and recheck. New advisories are published after you install, so check again on a schedule, not only at install time.

Limits

The call is informational and not a full security audit. It covers npm and PyPI. Try it in the free npm vulnerability checker or the PyPI checker.