The vulnerable code database (Vulncode-DB) is a database for vulnerabilities and their corresponding source code if available. The database extends the NVD / CVE data sets with user-supplied information regarding patch links, vulnerable code offsets and descriptions. Particularly, the database intends to make real-world examples of vulnerable code universally accessible and useful.
The main instance is hosted on vulncode-db.com and more context is provided at vulncode-db.com/about.
Please note:
This application is currently in an experimental alpha version mostly for demonstration purposes. The application might be unreliable, contains many bugs and is not feature complete. Please set your expectations accordingly.
├── app
│ └── [submodules with Flask routes and views]
├── cert (SSL certificates)
├── data
│ ├── forms
│ └── models (Database models)
├── docker (Docker files)
├── lib (helping libraries)
│ └── vcs_handler
├── migrations (Flask-Migrate / Alembic files)
├── static (CSS, JS and other static files)
│ ├── css
│ ├── js
│ │ └── lib
│ ├── monaco
│ │ └── themes
│ └── tutorial
├── templates (Jinja2 templates)
│ └── editor
│ └── macros
├── tests (Unit tests)
├── third_party (Third-party content)
└── vulnerable_code (Temporary directory used for caching repositories)
The setup is simplified with Docker and docker-compose in particular. Having these prerequisites installed you can setup the project using the following instructions:
# Clone the repository and its (third-party) submodules.
git clone --recursive https://github.com/google/vulncode-db.git
cd vulncode-db
# Setup configuration files, the Docker images and containers.
./setup.sh
# Initialize the application and run an empty version of it.
./docker/docker-admin.sh run
Additionally, if you intend to add some data consider running:
# Fetch and insert CWE identifiers and some recent NVD entries.
./docker/docker-admin.sh init
# Search for entries with patch links and add additional application entries for them.
./docker/docker-admin.sh crawl_patches
# Run the application.
./docker/docker-admin.sh run
The main application should then be available at http://localhost:8080.
Please also see the documentation provided in docker/README.md for more details.
This project provides exclusive data such as vulnerability annotations and mappings from vulnerability entries to corresponding patches and code. The terms of use apply to data provided through the website or implicitly through code in this repository.
Vulncode-DB hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive,
no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare
derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and
distribute data which is exclusively provided by Vulncode-DB. Any copy you make for
such purposes is authorized provided that you reproduce Vulncode-DB's copyright
designation and this license in any such copy.
This project builds upon data provided by the CVE and NVD data sets.
The CVE® is maintained by the Mitre Corporation. Please see the Mitre CVE®'s Terms of use:
CVE Usage: MITRE hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive,
no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare
derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and
distribute Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE®). Any copy you make for
such purposes is authorized provided that you reproduce MITRE's copyright
designation and this license in any such copy.
The National Vulnerability Database is maintained by the U.S. government. Please see the NVD's FAQ:
All NVD data is freely available from our XML Data Feeds. There are no fees,
licensing restrictions, or even a requirement to register. All NIST
publications are available in the public domain according to Title 17 of the
United States Code. Acknowledgment of the NVD when using our information is
appreciated. In addition, please email nvd@nist.gov to let us know how the
information is being used.
This is not an officially supported Google product.