VulDB API
Official vendor OpenAPI document · agent-readySecurityVulnerability ManagementapiKey1 EndpointsREST
For Agents
Programmatically query the vuldb database. Covers 1 operations with apiKey authentication.
Use for: I need to query the vuldb database, Find available security operations, Get the current status of VulDB API resources, List all records from VulDB API
Not supported: Does not handle payments, communications, or crm - use for security only.
VulDB is a vulnerability database providing comprehensive information about software vulnerabilities, exploits, countermeasures, and cyber threat intelligence (CTI). The API uses a single POST endpoint with various parameters to query vulnerability data, perform searches, and retrieve CTI information. All requests consume credits based on the query type and detail level. The API exposes 1 endpoints secured with apiKey authentication.
Install Jentic One Beta
Connect the VulDB API to your agent
Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the VulDB API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.
Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.
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Step 1: Jentic One Host machine
# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fvuldb.com%2Fvuldb" | sh2
Step 2: Agent machine
# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fvuldb.com%2Fvuldb" | sh
jentic register # connects your agent to your Jentic One instanceJentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.
Capabilities
What an agent can do with VulDB API.
Query the VulDB database
Manage security data programmatically
Integrate VulDB API into automated workflows
Query and filter VulDB API records by parameters
Monitor VulDB API operational status and events
Use Cases
Patterns agents use VulDB API for, with concrete tasks.
★ Security Operations
Use the VulDB API to perform security operations programmatically. The API provides 1 endpoints covering core functionality including query the vuldb database.
Call POST / to query the vuldb database
Data Retrieval and Monitoring
Query VulDB API resources on a schedule to track changes, generate alerts, or feed downstream dashboards. Agents poll relevant endpoints, compare against previous state, and trigger actions when thresholds are crossed.
Poll the primary VulDB API endpoint, compare response to last known state, and alert if changed
AI Agent Integration via Jentic
AI agents discover and call VulDB API endpoints through Jentic without managing credentials directly. An agent searches for the required operation by intent, receives the matching endpoint schema, and executes the call with Jentic-managed authentication. This eliminates the need to read API documentation or handle apiKey tokens manually.
Search Jentic for 'query the vuldb database', load the operation schema, and execute with Jentic-managed credentials
Key Endpoints
1 endpoints — vuldb is a vulnerability database providing comprehensive information about software vulnerabilities, exploits, countermeasures, and cyber threat intelligence (cti).
METHOD
PATH
DESCRIPTION
POST
/
Query the VulDB database
POST
/
Query the VulDB database
Why Jentic?
What agents get from Jentic-routed access to this vendor.
Setup
Wiring the VulDB API by hand means sending your personal key in the X-VulDB-ApiKey header (or as an apikey POST field), posting to the single vuldb.com endpoint, and shaping every query yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import the VulDB API from the API Directory, store the API key once, and your agent calls it.
Permission scoping
The VulDB API exposes a single POST query endpoint rather than per-resource URL paths, so limit the agent to that read query operation it needs. The rule stays operations-only, so the agent can look up vulnerability records and nothing beyond the operations you allow.
Credential isolation
Your VulDB API key is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
Intent-based discovery
Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'query recent vulnerabilities', and Jentic returns the matching VulDB API operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.
Related APIs
Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.
Alternative
Snyk
Alternative security API
Choose Snyk when you need a different approach to security operations
FAQs
Specific to using VulDB API through Jentic.
What authentication does the VulDB API use?
The VulDB API uses an API key passed in the `X-VulDB-ApiKey` header. Through Jentic, these credentials are stored encrypted in your Jentic One instance and injected at execution time, so raw secrets never enter the agent context.
Can I query the vuldb database with the VulDB API?
Yes. Use the POST / endpoint. The API returns structured JSON responses that agents can parse and act on directly.
What are the rate limits for the VulDB API?
Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the vendor documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, rate limiting is handled automatically with retry logic built into the execution layer.
How do I query the vuldb database through Jentic?
Install the Jentic SDK with pip install jentic, authenticate through Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer, then search for 'query the vuldb database'. Jentic returns the matching VulDB API operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call - credentials are injected automatically.
How many endpoints does the VulDB API have?
The VulDB API exposes 1 endpoints covering vulnerabilities, cti, lookups operations.
Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the VulDB API?
Yes. The VulDB API exposes a single POST query endpoint rather than per-resource paths, and because you run Jentic One yourself, your own rules decide which operations and credentials the agent may use. Scope the agent to just that read query operation, so it can look up vulnerability and CTI records and do nothing beyond the operations you allow. Your API key is stored encrypted by your own instance and injected only when an allowed call runs.
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