Vulnerabilities API

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The former Vulnerabilities API was renamed to Vulnerability Findings API and its documentation was moved to a different location. This document now describes the new Vulnerabilities API that provides access to Vulnerabilities.

Every API call to vulnerabilities must be authenticated.

If an authenticated user does not have permission to view vulnerability report, this request returns a 403 Forbidden status code.

This API is in the process of being deprecated and considered unstable. The response payload may be subject to change or breakage across GitLab releases. Use the GraphQL API instead. For more information, see GraphQL examples.

Retrieve a vulnerability

Retrieves a specified vulnerability.

GET /vulnerabilities/:id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID of a Vulnerability to get

curl --request GET \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/vulnerabilities/1"

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "title": "Predictable pseudorandom number generator",
  "description": null,
  "state": "opened",
  "severity": "medium",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "report_type": "sast",
  "project": {
    "id": 32,
    "name": "security-reports",
    "full_path": "/gitlab-examples/security/security-reports",
    "full_name": "gitlab-examples / security / security-reports"
  },
  "author_id": 1,
  "closed_by_id": null,
  "created_at": "2019-10-13T15:08:40.219Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-10-13T15:09:40.382Z",
  "closed_at": null
}

Confirm a vulnerability

Confirms a specified vulnerability. Returns status code 304 if the vulnerability is already confirmed.

If an authenticated user does not have permission to change vulnerability status, this request results in a 403 status code.

POST /vulnerabilities/:id/confirm

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID of a vulnerability to confirm

curl --request POST \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/vulnerabilities/5/confirm"

Example response:

{
  "id": 2,
  "title": "Predictable pseudorandom number generator",
  "description": null,
  "state": "confirmed",
  "severity": "medium",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "report_type": "sast",
  "project": {
    "id": 32,
    "name": "security-reports",
    "full_path": "/gitlab-examples/security/security-reports",
    "full_name": "gitlab-examples / security / security-reports"
  },
  "author_id": 1,
  "closed_by_id": null,
  "created_at": "2019-10-13T15:08:40.219Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-10-13T15:09:40.382Z",
  "closed_at": null
}

Resolve a vulnerability

Resolves a specified vulnerability. Returns status code 304 if the vulnerability is already resolved.

If an authenticated user does not have permission to change vulnerability status, this request results in a 403 status code.

POST /vulnerabilities/:id/resolve

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID of a Vulnerability to resolve

curl --request POST \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/vulnerabilities/5/resolve"

Example response:

{
  "id": 2,
  "title": "Predictable pseudorandom number generator",
  "description": null,
  "state": "resolved",
  "severity": "medium",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "report_type": "sast",
  "project": {
    "id": 32,
    "name": "security-reports",
    "full_path": "/gitlab-examples/security/security-reports",
    "full_name": "gitlab-examples / security / security-reports"
  },
  "author_id": 1,
  "closed_by_id": null,
  "created_at": "2019-10-13T15:08:40.219Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-10-13T15:09:40.382Z",
  "closed_at": null
}

Dismiss a vulnerability

Dismisses a specified vulnerability. Returns status code 304 if the vulnerability is already dismissed.

If an authenticated user does not have permission to change vulnerability status, this request results in a 403 status code.

POST /vulnerabilities/:id/dismiss

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID of a vulnerability to dismiss

curl --request POST \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/vulnerabilities/5/dismiss"

Example response:

{
  "id": 2,
  "title": "Predictable pseudorandom number generator",
  "description": null,
  "state": "closed",
  "severity": "medium",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "report_type": "sast",
  "project": {
    "id": 32,
    "name": "security-reports",
    "full_path": "/gitlab-examples/security/security-reports",
    "full_name": "gitlab-examples / security / security-reports"
  },
  "author_id": 1,
  "closed_by_id": null,
  "created_at": "2019-10-13T15:08:40.219Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-10-13T15:09:40.382Z",
  "closed_at": null
}

Revert a vulnerability to detected state

Reverts a specified vulnerability to detected state. Returns status code 304 if the vulnerability is already in detected state.

If an authenticated user does not have permission to change vulnerability status, this request results in a 403 status code.

POST /vulnerabilities/:id/revert

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID of a vulnerability to revert to detected state

curl --request POST \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/vulnerabilities/5/revert"

Example response:

{
  "id": 2,
  "title": "Predictable pseudorandom number generator",
  "description": null,
  "state": "detected",
  "severity": "medium",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "report_type": "sast",
  "project": {
    "id": 32,
    "name": "security-reports",
    "full_path": "/gitlab-examples/security/security-reports",
    "full_name": "gitlab-examples / security / security-reports"
  },
  "author_id": 1,
  "closed_by_id": null,
  "created_at": "2019-10-13T15:08:40.219Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-10-13T15:09:40.382Z",
  "closed_at": null
}

Replace Vulnerability REST API with GraphQL

To prepare for the upcoming deprecation of the Vulnerability REST API endpoint, use the examples below to perform the equivalent operations with the GraphQL API.

GraphQL - Single vulnerability

Use Query.vulnerability.

{
  vulnerability(id: "gid://gitlab/Vulnerability/20345379") {
    title
    description
    state
    severity
    reportType
    project {
      id
      name
      fullPath
    }
    detectedAt
    confirmedAt
    resolvedAt
    resolvedBy {
      id
      username
    }
  }
}

Example response:

{
  "data": {
    "vulnerability": {
      "title": "Improper Input Validation in railties",
      "description": "A remote code execution vulnerability in development mode Rails beta3 can allow an attacker to guess the automatically generated development mode secret token. This secret token can be used in combination with other Rails internals to escalate to a remote code execution exploit.",
      "state": "RESOLVED",
      "severity": "CRITICAL",
      "reportType": "DEPENDENCY_SCANNING",
      "project": {
        "id": "gid://gitlab/Project/6102100",
        "name": "security-reports",
        "fullPath": "gitlab-examples/security/security-reports"
      },
      "detectedAt": "2021-10-14T03:13:41Z",
      "confirmedAt": "2021-12-14T01:45:56Z",
      "resolvedAt": "2021-12-14T01:45:59Z",
      "resolvedBy": {
        "id": "gid://gitlab/User/480804",
        "username": "thiagocsf"
      }
    }
  }
}

GraphQL - Confirm vulnerability

Use Mutation.vulnerabilityConfirm.

mutation {
  vulnerabilityConfirm(input: { id: "gid://gitlab/Vulnerability/23577695"}) {
    vulnerability {
      state
    }
    errors
  }
}

Example response:

{
  "data": {
    "vulnerabilityConfirm": {
      "vulnerability": {
        "state": "CONFIRMED"
      },
      "errors": []
    }
  }
}

GraphQL - Resolve vulnerability

Use Mutation.vulnerabilityResolve.

mutation {
  vulnerabilityResolve(input: { id: "gid://gitlab/Vulnerability/23577695"}) {
    vulnerability {
      state
    }
    errors
  }
}

Example response:

{
  "data": {
    "vulnerabilityConfirm": {
      "vulnerability": {
        "state": "RESOLVED"
      },
      "errors": []
    }
  }
}

GraphQL - Dismiss vulnerability

Use Mutation.vulnerabilityDismiss.

mutation {
  vulnerabilityDismiss(input: { id: "gid://gitlab/Vulnerability/23577695"}) {
    vulnerability {
      state
    }
    errors
  }
}

Example response:

{
  "data": {
    "vulnerabilityConfirm": {
      "vulnerability": {
        "state": "DISMISSED"
      },
      "errors": []
    }
  }
}

GraphQL - Revert vulnerability to detected state

Use Mutation.vulnerabilityRevertToDetected.

mutation {
  vulnerabilityRevertToDetected(input: { id: "gid://gitlab/Vulnerability/20345379"}) {
    vulnerability {
      state
    }
    errors
  }
}

Example response:

{
  "data": {
    "vulnerabilityConfirm": {
      "vulnerability": {
        "state": "DETECTED"
      },
      "errors": []
    }
  }
}