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<strong>This page is a work in progress.</strong>

<h2 id="overview">Overview</h2>
<p>
The Go vulnerability database is a curated database of public Go security
vulnerabilities, maintained by the Go Security team.
</p>

<h2 id="protocol">Protocol</h2>
<p>
The Go vulnerability database is rooted at <code>https://vuln.go.dev</code> and
provides data as JSON. We recommend using
<a href="https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/vuln/client#Client">client.Client</a>
to read data from the Go vulnerability database.
</p>

<p>
Do not rely on the contents of the x/vulndb repository. The YAML files in that
repository are maintained using an internal format that is subject to change
without warning.
</p>

<p>
The endpoints in the table below are supported. For each path:
</p>

<ul>
  <li><code>$base</code> is the path portion of a Go vulnerability database URL (<code>https://vuln.go.dev</code>).</li>
  <li><code>$module</code> is a module path</li>
  <li><code>$vuln</code> is a Go vulnerabilitiy ID (for example, <code>GO-2021-1234</code>)</li>
</ul>


<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Path</th>
      <th>Description</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td><code>$base/index.json</code></td>
      <td>
        List of module paths in the database mapped to its last modified
        timestamp (<a href="https://vuln.go.dev/index.json">link</a>).
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><code>$base/$module.json</code></td>
      <td>
        List of vulnerability entries for that module (<a href="https://vuln.go.dev/golang.org/x/crypto.json">example</a>).
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><code>$base/ID/index.json</code></td>
      <td>
        List of all the vulnerability entries in the database.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><code>$base/ID/$vuln.json</code></td>
      <td>
        An individual Go vulnerability report.
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

<p>
Note that these paths and format are provisional and likely to change until an
approved proposal.
</p>