Get Nix Stats

Retrieve detailed statistics about open issues from the Nixpkgs Security Tracker.

Data Source

This endpoint returns statistics only for Nixpkgs security tracker issues. For combined stats across all ecosystems, use the /api/v1/stats endpoint.

Endpoint

GET /api/v1/nix-stats

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "total": 24,
    "bySeverity": {
      "critical": 0,
      "high": 0,
      "medium": 0,
      "low": 0,
      "unknown": 24
    },
    "withFix": 2,
    "assigned": 6
  },
  "timestamp": "2026-01-30T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
total	number	Total open issues from Nixpkgs security tracker
bySeverity	object	Breakdown by severity (often unknown since tracker doesn't include CVSS)
bySeverity.critical	number	Critical severity count
bySeverity.high	number	High severity count
bySeverity.medium	number	Medium severity count
bySeverity.low	number	Low severity count
bySeverity.unknown	number	Unknown/unrated severity count
withFix	number	Issues where a fixed version is available
assigned	number	Issues assigned to a contributor on GitHub

Example

curl https://api.vulnpatch.dev/api/v1/nix-stats

Code Examples

JavaScript

async function displayNixStats() {
  const response = await fetch('https://api.vulnpatch.dev/api/v1/nix-stats');
  const { data } = await response.json();

  console.log(`Total CVEs: ${data.total}`);
  console.log(`With Fix: ${data.withFix}`);
  console.log(`Assigned: ${data.assigned}`);
}

Python

import requests

response = requests.get('https://api.vulnpatch.dev/api/v1/nix-stats')
stats = response.json()['data']

print(f"Total CVEs: {stats['total']}")
print(f"With Fix: {stats['withFix']}")
print(f"Assigned: {stats['assigned']}")

Use Cases

• Nix dashboards: Display Nixpkgs vulnerability counts
• Monitoring: Track Nix security trends over time
• Contributors: Find unassigned issues to work on

Related Endpoints

• /api/v1/stats - Combined stats from all sources
• /api/v1/issues - Full list of Nixpkgs tracker issues

Caching

This endpoint is cached for 5 minutes. The X-Cache header indicates cache status.