Vulnerabilities API (ULTIMATE)

Introduced in GitLab Ultimate 12.6.

NOTE: Note: 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 Standalone Vulnerabilities.

CAUTION: Caution: This API is currently in development and is protected by a disabled feature flag. On a self-managed GitLab instance, an administrator can enable it by starting the Rails console (sudo gitlab-rails console) and then running the following command: Feature.enable(:first_class_vulnerabilities). To test if the Vulnerabilities API was successfully enabled, run the following command: Feature.enabled?(:first_class_vulnerabilities).

CAUTION: Caution: This API is in an alpha stage and considered unstable. The response payload may be subject to change or breakage across GitLab releases.

Every API call to vulnerabilities must be authenticated.

Vulnerability permissions inherit permissions from their project. If a project is private, and a user isn't a member of the project to which the vulnerability belongs, requests to that project will return a 404 Not Found status code.

Single vulnerability

Gets a single vulnerability

GET /vulnerabilities/:id

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

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" 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,
  "updated_by_id": null,
  "last_edited_by_id": null,
  "closed_by_id": null,
  "start_date": null,
  "due_date": null,
  "created_at": "2019-10-13T15:08:40.219Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-10-13T15:09:40.382Z",
  "last_edited_at": null,
  "closed_at": null
}

Confirm vulnerability

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

If an authenticated user does not have permission to confirm vulnerabilities, this request will result 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>" "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,
  "updated_by_id": null,
  "last_edited_by_id": null,
  "closed_by_id": null,
  "start_date": null,
  "due_date": null,
  "created_at": "2019-10-13T15:08:40.219Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-10-13T15:09:40.382Z",
  "last_edited_at": null,
  "closed_at": null
}

Resolve vulnerability

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

If an authenticated user does not have permission to resolve vulnerabilities, this request will result 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>" "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,
  "updated_by_id": null,
  "last_edited_by_id": null,
  "closed_by_id": null,
  "start_date": null,
  "due_date": null,
  "created_at": "2019-10-13T15:08:40.219Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-10-13T15:09:40.382Z",
  "last_edited_at": null,
  "closed_at": null
}

Dismiss vulnerability

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

If an authenticated user does not have permission to dismiss vulnerabilities, this request will result 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>" "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,
  "updated_by_id": null,
  "last_edited_by_id": null,
  "closed_by_id": null,
  "start_date": null,
  "due_date": null,
  "created_at": "2019-10-13T15:08:40.219Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-10-13T15:09:40.382Z",
  "last_edited_at": null,
  "closed_at": null
}