Vulnarabilities API - POST mute remediation items

Reference

Mutes multiple remediation tracking process groups or, in the case of Kubernetes vulnerabilities, multiple remediation tracking Kubernetes nodes.

The request consumes an application/json payload.

POST	SaaS	`https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/securityProblems/{id}/remediationItems/mute`
POST	Environment ActiveGateCluster ActiveGate	`https://{your-activegate-domain}:9999/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/securityProblems/{id}/remediationItems/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 third-party security problem.	path	required
body	RemediationItemsBulkMute	The JSON body of the request. Contains the muting information.	body	optional

Request body objects

The `RemediationItemsBulkMute` object

Information on muting several remediation items.

Element	Type	Description	Required
comment	string	A comment about the muting reason.	optional
reason	string	The reason for muting the remediation items. `CONFIGURATION_NOT_AFFECTED` `FALSE_POSITIVE` `IGNORE` `OTHER` `VULNERABLE_CODE_NOT_IN_USE`	required
remediationItemIds	string[]	The ids of the remediation items to be muted.	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",
  "remediationItemIds": [
    "string"
  ]
}

Response

Response codes

Code	Type	Description
200	RemediationItemsBulkMuteResponse	Success. The remediation item(s) have been muted.
4XX	ErrorEnvelope	Client side error.
5XX	ErrorEnvelope	Server side error.

Response body objects

The `RemediationItemsBulkMuteResponse` object

Response of muting several remediation items.

Element	Type	Description
summary	RemediationItemMutingSummary[]	The summary of which remediation items were muted and which already were muted previously.

The `RemediationItemMutingSummary` object

Summary of (un-)muting a remediation item.

Element	Type	Description
muteStateChangeTriggered	boolean	Whether a mute state change for the given remediation item was triggered by this request.
reason	string	Contains a reason, in case the requested operation was not executed. `ALREADY_MUTED` `ALREADY_UNMUTED` `REMEDIATION_ITEM_NOT_AFFECTED_BY_GIVEN_SECURITY_PROBLEM`
remediationItemId	string	The id of the remediation item that will be (un-)muted.

Response body JSON model

{
  "summary": [
    {
      "muteStateChangeTriggered": true,
      "reason": "ALREADY_MUTED",
      "remediationItemId": "string"
    }
  ]
}

Example

Mute two remediation items, PROCESS_GROUP-46C0E12D9B0EF2D9 and PROCESS_GROUP-549E6AD75BD598EC as the configuration isn't affected.

Curl

curl -X 'POST' 'https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/securityProblems/2919200225913269102/remediationItems/mute' \
-H 'accept: application/json; charset=utf-8' \
-H 'Authorization: Api-Token [your_token]' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8' \
-d '{
  "comment": "Example muting multiple entities",
  "reason": "CONFIGURATION_NOT_AFFECTED",
  "remediationItemIds": ["PROCESS_GROUP-46C0E12D9B0EF2D9", "PROCESS_GROUP-549E6AD75BD598EC"]
}'

Request URL

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

Request body

{
  "comment": "Example muting multiple entities",
  "reason": "CONFIGURATION_NOT_AFFECTED",
  "remediationItemIds": ["PROCESS_GROUP-46C0E12D9B0EF2D9", "PROCESS_GROUP-549E6AD75BD598EC"]
}

Response body

{
  "summary": [
    {
      "remediationItemId": "PROCESS_GROUP-549E6AD75BD598EC",
      "muteStateChangeTriggered": true
    },
    {
      "remediationItemId": "PROCESS_GROUP-46C0E12D9B0EF2D9",
      "muteStateChangeTriggered": true
    }
  ]
}

If the request was successful, you'll see muteStateChangeTriggered per entity.