Vulnerabilities API - POST unmute vulnerabilities

Unmutes multiple vulnerabilities. Unmuted vulnerabilities are displayed on the vulnerability list in Dynatrace.

The request consumes an application/json payload.

POSTSaaShttps://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/securityProblems/unmute
Environment ActiveGateCluster ActiveGatehttps://{your-activegate-domain}:9999/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/securityProblems/unmute

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
body

The JSON body of the request. Contains the un-muting information.

body
optional

Request body objects

The SecurityProblemsBulkUnmute object

Information on un-muting several security problems.

Element
Type
Description
Required
comment
string

A comment about the un-muting reason.

optional
reason
string

The reason for un-muting the security problems.

  • AFFECTED
required
securityProblemIds
string[]

The ids of the security problems to be un-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": "AFFECTED",
  "securityProblemIds": [
    "string"
  ]
}

Response

Response codes

Code
Type
Description
200

Success. The security problem(s) have been un-muted.

4XX

Client side error.

5XX

Server side error.

Response body objects

The SecurityProblemsBulkUnmuteResponse object

Response of un-muting several security problems.

Element
Type
Description
summary

The summary of which security problems were un-muted and which already were un-muted previously.

The SecurityProblemBulkMutingSummary object

Summary of (un-)muting a security problem.

Element
Type
Description
muteStateChangeTriggered
boolean

Whether a mute state change for the given security problem was triggered by this request.

reason
string

Contains a reason, in case the requested operation was not executed.

  • ALREADY_MUTED
  • ALREADY_UNMUTED
securityProblemId
string

The id of the security problem that was (un-)muted.

Response body JSON model

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

Example

Unmute two vulnerabilities, 2919200225913269102 and 4537041069803077238.

Curl

curl -X 'POST' 'https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/securityProblems/unmute' \
-H 'accept: application/json; charset=utf-8' \
-H 'Authorization: Api-Token [your_token]' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8' \
-d '{
  "comment": "Example unmute bulk",
  "reason": "AFFECTED",
  "securityProblemIds": [
      "2919200225913269102", "4537041069803077238"
  ]
}'

Request URL

https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/securityProblems/unmute

Request body

{
  "comment": "Example unmute bulk",
  "reason": "AFFECTED",
  "securityProblemIds": [
      "2919200225913269102", "4537041069803077238"
  ]
}

Response body

{
  "summary": [
    {
      "securityProblemId": "2919200225913269102",
      "muteStateChangeTriggered": true
    },
    {
      "securityProblemId": "4537041069803077238",
      "muteStateChangeTriggered": true
    }
  ]
}

Here, muteStateChangeTriggered indicates the success of the operation.

Note that unmuting a vulnerability can take up to one minute.

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