Affected and related entities
In the following, you'll learn about the entities affected by and related to vulnerabilities in your environment.
Affected entities
Affected entities are entities (process groups, processes, and Kubernetes nodes) for which a vulnerability was detected, and are therefore directly affected by the vulnerability.
Key concept
- Affected process
An affected process is a process that contains a vulnerable library or runtime.
Use cases
To fix vulnerabilities, you need to address affected entities:
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Filter vulnerabilities for Affected entities
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Format table by Affected entities
Related entities
Related entities are entities that are connected to one of the affected entities and, thus, indirectly affected by the vulnerability.
Key concepts
- Related application
An application associated with the affected processes.
- Related service
A service that runs directly on a vulnerable process group instance.
- Related host
A host on which the vulnerable process runs.
- Related database
A database that is accessed by the vulnerable process or reachable from it. It can be reached via multiple hops.
- Related Kubernetes workload/cluster
In Kubernetes environments, the workload or cluster to which the vulnerable process belongs.
- Related container image
In Kubernetes environments, the container image used by the affected processes.