Vulnerabilities API - POST mute a vulnerability

Reference

Mutes a specific vulnerability. Muted vulnerabilities are hidden from the list of vulnerabilities in Dynatrace.

The request consumes an application/json payload.

POST	SaaS	`https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/securityProblems/{id}/mute`
POST	Environment ActiveGateCluster ActiveGate	`https://{your-activegate-domain}:9999/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/securityProblems/{id}/mute`

Authentication

To execute this request, you need an access token with securityProblems.write scope.

To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	In	Required
id	string	The ID of the requested security problem.	path	required
body	SecurityProblemMute	The JSON body of the request. Contains the muting information.	body	optional

Request body objects

The `SecurityProblemMute` object

Information on muting a security problem.

Element	Type	Description	Required
comment	string	A comment about the muting reason.	optional
reason	string	The reason for muting a security problem. `CONFIGURATION_NOT_AFFECTED` `FALSE_POSITIVE` `IGNORE` `OTHER` `VULNERABLE_CODE_NOT_IN_USE`	required

Request body JSON model

This is a model of the request body, showing the possible elements. It has to be adjusted for usage in an actual request.

{
  "comment": "string",
  "reason": "CONFIGURATION_NOT_AFFECTED"
}

Response

Response codes

Code	Type	Description
200	-	Success. The security problem has been muted.
204	-	Not executed. The security problem is already muted.
4XX	ErrorEnvelope	Client side error.
5XX	ErrorEnvelope	Server side error.

Example

Mute a vulnerability as the configuration isn't affected.

Curl

curl -X 'POST' 'https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/securityProblems/2919200225913269102/mute' \
-H 'accept: */*' \
-H 'Authorization: Api-Token [your_token]' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8' \
-d '{
  "comment": "Example comment",
  "reason": "CONFIGURATION_NOT_AFFECTED"
}'

Request URL

https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/securityProblems/2919200225913269102/mute

Response body

{
  "comment": "Example comment",
  "reason": "CONFIGURATION_NOT_AFFECTED"
}

Response code

200