Vulnerability Detail Examples · Example 6 of 7 in Well-Known CVEs

XZ Utils Backdoor (CVE-2024-3094)

GEThttps://api.deepinfo.com/v1/discovery/vulnerability-detail

The XZ Utils backdoor, with CVSS v3.1 10.0 and CWE-506 Embedded Malicious Code, and not in the CISA KEV catalog.

Param: cve
CVE: CVE-2024-3094

Asks for CVE-2024-3094, the malicious code found in the xz release tarballs.

What to Notice

enrichment.cwe is CWE-506, Embedded Malicious Code.
enrichment.cisa_kev is null: the CVE is not in the CISA KEV catalog.
status is Modified: the NVD changed the record after its analysis.

Request

curl

curl 'https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/discovery/vulnerability-detail?cve=CVE-2024-3094' \
  -H 'apikey: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json'

Python

import requests

url = "https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/discovery/vulnerability-detail"

params = {
    "cve": "CVE-2024-3094"
}

headers = {
    "apikey": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Accept": "application/json"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=params, headers=headers)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())

JavaScript

const url = "https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/discovery/vulnerability-detail?cve=CVE-2024-3094";

const response = await fetch(url, {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "apikey": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Accept": "application/json"
  },
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/discovery/vulnerability-detail?cve=CVE-2024-3094", nil)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("apikey", "YOUR_API_KEY")
	req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")

	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()

	body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

Java

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/discovery/vulnerability-detail?cve=CVE-2024-3094"))
            .header("apikey", "YOUR_API_KEY")
            .header("Accept", "application/json")
            .GET()
            .build();

        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

        System.out.println(response.body());
    }
}

using System;
using System.Net.Http;

using var client = new HttpClient();

var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/discovery/vulnerability-detail?cve=CVE-2024-3094");
request.Headers.Add("apikey", "YOUR_API_KEY");
request.Headers.Add("Accept", "application/json");

using var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());

PHP

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/discovery/vulnerability-detail?cve=CVE-2024-3094',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'apikey: YOUR_API_KEY',
        'Accept: application/json',
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);

if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException(curl_error($curl));
}

echo $response . PHP_EOL;

Ruby

require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI('https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/discovery/vulnerability-detail?cve=CVE-2024-3094')

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request['apikey'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
request['Accept'] = 'application/json'

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
  http.request(request)
end

puts response.body

Response

200 OK · application/json

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Response Body

{
  "id": "CVE-2024-3094",
  "source_identifier": "user@redhat.com",
  "published": "2024-03-29T17:15:21Z",
  "last_modified": "2026-06-17T07:43:17Z",
  "status": "Modified",
  "evaluator_comment": null,
  "evaluator_solution": null,
  "evaluator_impact": null,
  "cisa_exploit_add": null,
  "cisa_action_due": null,
  "cisa_required_action": null,
  "cisa_vulnerability_name": null,
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Malicious code was discovered in the upstream tarballs of xz, starting with version 5.6.0. \r\nThrough a series of complex obfuscations, the liblzma build process extracts a prebuilt object file from a disguised test file existing in the source code, which is then used to modify specific functions in the liblzma code. This results in a modified liblzma library that can be used by any software linked against this library, intercepting and modifying the data interaction with this library."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Se descubrió código malicioso en los archivos tar ascendentes de xz, a partir de la versión 5.6.0. A través de una serie de ofuscaciones complejas, el proceso de compilación de liblzma extrae un archivo objeto premanipulado de un archivo de prueba disfrazado existente en el código fuente, que luego se utiliza para modificar funciones específicas en el código de liblzma. Esto da como resultado una librería liblzma modificada que puede ser utilizada por cualquier software vinculado a esta librería, interceptando y modificando la interacción de datos con esta librería."
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-3094",
      "source": "user@redhat.com",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2272210",
      "source": "user@redhat.com",
      "tags": [
        "Issue Tracking",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4",
      "source": "user@redhat.com",
      "tags": [
        "Mailing List"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/urgent-security-alert-fedora-41-and-rawhide-users",
      "source": "user@redhat.com",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/10",
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    },
    {
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      "tags": null
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4",
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": null
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/5",
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": null
    },
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      "tags": null
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/30/12",
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": null
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
    "cvss_metric_v40": null,
    "cvss_metric_v31": [
      {
        "source": "user@redhat.com",
        "type": "Secondary",
        "cvss_data": {
          "version": "3.1",
          "vector_string": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "attack_vector": "NETWORK",
          "attack_complexity": "LOW",
          "privileges_required": "NONE",
          "user_interaction": "NONE",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "confidentiality_impact": "HIGH",
          "integrity_impact": "HIGH",
          "availability_impact": "HIGH",
          "base_score": 10.0,
          "base_severity": "CRITICAL",
          "exploit_code_maturity": null,
          "remediation_level": null,
          "report_confidence": null,
          "temporal_score": null,
          "temporal_severity": null,
          "confidentiality_requirement": null,
          "integrity_requirement": null,
          "availability_requirement": null,
          "modified_attack_vector": null,
          "modified_attack_complexity": null,
          "modified_privileges_required": null,
          "modified_user_interaction": null,
          "modified_scope": null,
          "modified_confidentiality_impact": null,
          "modified_integrity_impact": null,
          "modified_availability_impact": null,
          "environmental_score": null,
          "environmental_severity": null
        },
        "exploitability_score": 3.9,
        "impact_score": 6.0
      },
      {
        "source": "user@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary",
        "cvss_data": {
          "version": "3.1",
          "vector_string": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "attack_vector": "NETWORK",
          "attack_complexity": "LOW",
          "privileges_required": "NONE",
          "user_interaction": "NONE",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "confidentiality_impact": "HIGH",
          "integrity_impact": "HIGH",
          "availability_impact": "HIGH",
          "base_score": 10.0,
          "base_severity": "CRITICAL",
          "exploit_code_maturity": null,
          "remediation_level": null,
          "report_confidence": null,
          "temporal_score": null,
          "temporal_severity": null,
          "confidentiality_requirement": null,
          "integrity_requirement": null,
          "availability_requirement": null,
          "modified_attack_vector": null,
          "modified_attack_complexity": null,
          "modified_privileges_required": null,
          "modified_user_interaction": null,
          "modified_scope": null,
          "modified_confidentiality_impact": null,
          "modified_integrity_impact": null,
          "modified_availability_impact": null,
          "environmental_score": null,
          "environmental_severity": null
        },
        "exploitability_score": 3.9,
        "impact_score": 6.0
      }
    ],
    "cvss_metric_v30": null,
    "cvss_metric_v2": null
  },
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "source": "user@redhat.com",
      "type": "Secondary",
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-506"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "configurations": [
    {
      "operator": null,
      "negate": null,
      "nodes": [
        {
          "operator": "OR",
          "negate": false,
          "cpe_match": [
            {
              "vulnerable": true,
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:tukaani:xz:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "match_criteria_id": "73F1DAD7-F362-4C5B-B980-2E5313C369DA",
              "version_start_including": null,
              "version_start_excluding": null,
              "version_end_including": null,
              "version_end_excluding": null
            },
            {
              "vulnerable": true,
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              "match_criteria_id": "55782A0B-B9C5-4536-A885-84CAB7029C09",
              "version_start_including": null,
              "version_start_excluding": null,
              "version_end_including": null,
              "version_end_excluding": null
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "vendor_comments": null,
  "enrichment": {
    "cpe": [
      {
        "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:tukaani:xz:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "vendor": "tukaani",
        "product": "xz",
        "product_type": "a",
        "vulnerable": true,
        "version_start_including": null,
        "version_start_excluding": null,
        "version_end_including": null,
        "version_end_excluding": null,
        "affected_versions_first": "5.6.0",
        "affected_versions_last": "5.6.0",
        "affected_versions": [
          "5.6.0"
        ],
        "cpe_names": [
          {
            "cpe_name": "cpe:2.3:a:tukaani:xz:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "deprecated": false
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:tukaani:xz:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "vendor": "tukaani",
        "product": "xz",
        "product_type": "a",
        "vulnerable": true,
        "version_start_including": null,
        "version_start_excluding": null,
        "version_end_including": null,
        "version_end_excluding": null,
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        "affected_versions_last": "5.6.1",
        "affected_versions": [
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        ],
        "cpe_names": [
          {
            "cpe_name": "cpe:2.3:a:tukaani:xz:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "deprecated": false
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "cwe": [
      {
        "id": 506,
        "owasptop10_2021": null,
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "capec_id": [
          442,
          448,
          636
        ],
        "scope": [
          "Availability",
          "Confidentiality",
          "Integrity"
        ],
        "impact": [
          "Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands"
        ],
        "detection_method": [
          "Automated Static Analysis",
          "Dynamic Analysis with Manual Results Interpretation",
          "Manual Static Analysis - Binary or Bytecode",
          "Manual Static Analysis - Source Code"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "epss_score": {
      "epss": 0.85974,
      "percentile": 0.99719,
      "date": "2026-09-23"
    },
    "cisa_kev": null,
    "vdeep_metric": {
      "available_versions": [
        "3.1"
      ],
      "source": "user@nist.gov",
      "type": "Primary",
      "cvss_data": {
        "version": "3.1",
        "vector_string": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
        "attack_vector": "NETWORK",
        "attack_complexity": "LOW",
        "attack_requirements": null,
        "privileges_required": "NONE",
        "user_interaction": "NONE",
        "vulnerable_system_confidentiality": "HIGH",
        "vulnerable_system_integrity": "HIGH",
        "vulnerable_system_availability": "HIGH",
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        "subsequent_system_integrity": null,
        "subsequent_system_availability": null,
        "exploit_maturity": null,
        "confidentiality_requirements": null,
        "integrity_requirements": null,
        "availability_requirements": null,
        "modified_attack_vector": null,
        "modified_attack_complexity": null,
        "modified_attack_requirements": null,
        "modified_privileges_required": null,
        "modified_user_interaction": null,
        "modified_vulnerable_system_confidentiality": null,
        "modified_vulnerable_system_integrity": null,
        "modified_vulnerable_system_availability": null,
        "modified_subsequent_system_confidentiality": null,
        "modified_subsequent_system_integrity": null,
        "modified_subsequent_system_availability": null,
        "safety": null,
        "automatable": null,
        "recovery": null,
        "value_density": null,
        "vulnerability_response_effort": null,
        "provider_urgency": null,
        "base_score": 10.0,
        "base_severity": "CRITICAL"
      }
    }
  }
}

Content-Type: application/json
ratelimit-limit: 1
ratelimit-remaining: 0
ratelimit-reset: 1
x-ratelimit-limit-second: 1
x-ratelimit-remaining-second: 0
deepinfo-request-id: 5f0c6a8e-1b2d-4c3e-9f4a-7b8c9d0e1f2a

Request

What this example sends. Every parameter is documented on Detail; the exact request is in the code panel.

Parameter	Value
`cve`query	`CVE-2024-3094`

Reference updated September 24, 2026

Request

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