# Affected Product: XZ Utils 5.6.0

CVEs whose affected products include the CPE name of XZ Utils 5.6.0, the first release with the backdoor.

Source: https://docs.deepinfo.com/reference/vulnerability/search/examples/enrichment-cpe-criteria/

Last updated: 2026-09-26

---
`POST https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/discovery/vulnerability-search?page_size=25`

CVEs whose affected products include the CPE name of XZ Utils 5.6.0, the first release with the backdoor.

Example 1 of 14 in **Filters › Affected Products (CPE)** · [Vulnerability Search Examples](/reference/vulnerability/search/examples/) · endpoint: [Search](/reference/vulnerability/search/)

Tags: `field` `enrichment.cpe.criteria` · `operator` `eq`

`enrichment.cpe.criteria` is the CPE 2.3 name of an affected product, as Deepinfo lists it (`enrichment.cpe`: one entry per CPE match of the configurations).

`eq` matches the exact value `cpe:2.3:a:tukaani:xz:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*`.

In the response, look at `results[].enrichment.cpe[].criteria`.

## Request

| Parameter | In | Value |
|---|---|---|
| `page_size` | query | `25` |
| `filters.must[0].name` | body | `enrichment.cpe.criteria` |
| `filters.must[0].type` | body | `eq` |
| `filters.must[0].value` | body | `cpe:2.3:a:tukaani:xz:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*` |

```bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.deepinfo.com/v1/discovery/vulnerability-search?page_size=25' \
  -H 'apikey: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "filters": {
    "must": [
      {
        "name": "enrichment.cpe.criteria",
        "type": "eq",
        "value": "cpe:2.3:a:tukaani:xz:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
      }
    ]
  }
}'
```

## Response

### 200 · OK

> Shortened for this page: results[].references: first 10 items

`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`

```json
{
  "page": 1,
  "page_size": 25,
  "result_count": 1,
  "results": [
    {
      "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",
          "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "tags": null
        },
        {
          "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/12",
          "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "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
        },
        {
          "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/8",
          "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "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,
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          {
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            "type": "Secondary",
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              "attack_vector": "NETWORK",
              "attack_complexity": "LOW",
              "privileges_required": "NONE",
              "user_interaction": "NONE",
              "scope": "CHANGED",
              "confidentiality_impact": "HIGH",
              "integrity_impact": "HIGH",
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              "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",
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              "attack_vector": "NETWORK",
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              "privileges_required": "NONE",
              "user_interaction": "NONE",
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              "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,
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          }
        ],
        "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,
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                },
                {
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                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "vendor_comments": null,
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          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:tukaani:xz:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vendor": "tukaani",
            "product": "xz",
            "product_type": "a",
            "vulnerable": true,
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            "version_start_excluding": null,
            "version_end_including": null,
            "version_end_excluding": null,
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            "affected_versions_last": "5.6.0"
          },
          {
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            "vendor": "tukaani",
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            "product_type": "a",
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            "version_start_excluding": null,
            "version_end_including": null,
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            "affected_versions_last": "5.6.1"
          }
        ],
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          {
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            "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
            "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
            "capec_id": [
              442,
              448,
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            ],
            "scope": [
              "Availability",
              "Confidentiality",
              "Integrity"
            ],
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              "Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands"
            ],
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              "Automated Static Analysis",
              "Dynamic Analysis with Manual Results Interpretation",
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              "Manual Static Analysis - Source Code"
            ]
          }
        ],
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          "date": "2026-09-23"
        },
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          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

## Related Examples

- [Affected Vendor: GitLab](/reference/vulnerability/search/examples/enrichment-cpe-vendor/)
- [Affected Product: XZ (product=xz)](/reference/vulnerability/search/examples/enrichment-cpe-product/)
- [Affected Hardware](/reference/vulnerability/search/examples/enrichment-cpe-product-type/)
- [Affected Products That Are Platforms](/reference/vulnerability/search/examples/enrichment-cpe-vulnerable/)
- [Affected Range Starting at 12.5.0](/reference/vulnerability/search/examples/enrichment-cpe-version-start-including/)
- [Affected Range Starting After 6.3](/reference/vulnerability/search/examples/enrichment-cpe-version-start-excluding/)
