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Change the mute status of affected entities

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  • Published Oct 13, 2026

Change the mute status of affected entities in Dynatrace with the Vulnerabilities API, using the vulnerability ID and mute details.

POSTSaaShttps://{your-environment-id}.apps.dynatrace.com/platform/vulnerabilities/v1/vulnerabilities/{id}/affected-entities:muting

Overview

You provide the vulnerability ID in the path and send affectedEntityIds, reason, and comment in the request body. It returns a response for muting affected entities from Dynatrace.

Authentication

To execute this request, you need a platform token or OAuth access token with vulnerability-service:vulnerabilities:write scope. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionInRequired
idstring

The ID of the related vulnerability.

pathRequired
bodyMutingRequestBody

The JSON body of the request containing input parameters.

bodyRequired

Request body objects

The MutingRequestBody object

Input parameters for muting affected entities.

ElementTypeDescriptionRequired
affectedEntityIdsAffectedEntityIds[]-Required
reasonMuteReason-
The element can hold these values
  • FALSE_POSITIVE
  • IGNORE
  • AFFECTED
  • CONFIGURATION_NOT_AFFECTED
  • OTHER
Required
commentstring-Optional

The AffectedEntityIds object

The MuteReason object

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.

{
"affectedEntityIds": [
"string"
],
"reason": "FALSE_POSITIVE",
"comment": "string"
}

Response

Response codes

CodeDescription
200-
400-
401-
403-
404-
429-
500-
501-
503-
Related tags
Platform APIDynatrace PlatformApplication SecurityThreat Observability