> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-cloud-api/vulnerability-intelligence/vulnerabilities.md). # Vulnerabilities APIs for managing vulnerabilities ## Get list of vulnerabilities > Get a list of vulnerabilities that match the filter fields. The list includes key information about each vulnerability.\ > \ > \*\*Required license:\*\* Cortex Cloud Runtime Security or Cortex Cloud Posture Management. ```json {"openapi":"3.0.0","info":{"title":"Vulnerability Intelligence public APIs","version":"Cortex Cloud"},"tags":[{"name":"Vulnerabilities","description":"APIs for managing vulnerabilities"}],"servers":[{"url":"https://api-yourfqdn"}],"paths":{"/public_api/uvem/v1/get_vulnerabilities":{"post":{"summary":"Get list of vulnerabilities","tags":["Vulnerabilities"],"responses":{"200":{"description":"OK","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"reply":{"type":"object","properties":{"result_count":{"type":"integer"},"total_count":{"type":"integer"},"vulnerabilities":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"object","properties":{"vulnerability_id":{"type":"string"},"epss_score":{"type":"integer","nullable":true},"cvss_score":{"type":"integer","nullable":true},"cvss_severity":{"type":"string","nullable":true},"package_names":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"string"}},"vendors":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"string"}},"distribution_and_releases":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"string"}},"cisa_kev":{"nullable":true},"cvss_severity_source":{"type":"string","nullable":true},"cvss_score_source":{"type":"string","nullable":true},"first_published":{"type":"integer"},"last_modified":{"type":"integer"},"reported_exploited_by":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"object"}},"attack_vector":{"type":"string"},"cvss_version":{"type":"string","nullable":true}}}},"next_page_token":{"type":"string"}}}}}}}},"401":{"description":"Unauthorized access. An issue occurred during authentication. This can indicate an incorrect key, id, or other invalid authentication parameters.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"reply":{"type":"object","properties":{"err_code":{"type":"string"},"err_msg":{"type":"string"},"err_extra":{"type":"string"}}}}}}}},"500":{"description":"Internal server error. A unified status for API communication type errors.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"reply":{"type":"object","properties":{"err_code":{"type":"string"},"err_msg":{"type":"string"},"err_extra":{"type":"string"}}}}}}}}},"operationId":"post-public_api-uvem-v1-get_vulnerabilities","description":"Get a list of vulnerabilities that match the filter fields. The list includes key information about each vulnerability.\n\n**Required license:** Cortex Cloud Runtime Security or Cortex Cloud Posture Management.","requestBody":{"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","required":["request_data"],"properties":{"request_data":{"type":"object","properties":{"filters":{"type":"array","description":"An array of filter fields","items":{"type":"object","properties":{"field":{"description":"Identifies the field the filter is matching. ","enum":["attack_vector","cisa_kev","cvss_score","cvss_score_source","cvss_severity","cvss_severity_source","cvss_version","distribution_and_releases","epss_score","first_published","last_modified","package_names","reported_exploited_by","vendors","vulnerability_id"]},"operator":{"type":"string","description":"Identifies the comparison operator you want to use for this filter. Allowed values depend on the filter used.\n- **contains**/**not_contains**: use with attack_vector, cvss_score_source, cvss_severity_source, cvss_version , distribution_and_releases, package_names, reported_exploited_by, vendors, vulnerability_id\n- **eq**/**neq**: use with attack_vector, cisa_kev, cvss_score, cvss_score_source, cvss_severity_source, cvss_version, epss_score, vulnerability_id\n- **gte**/**lte**: use with cvss_score, epss score, first_published, last_modified\n- **range**: use with first_published, last_modified\n- **relative_timestamp**: use with first_published, last_modified"},"value":{"type":"string","description":"Values for filtering the results.\n- *array[string]*: use with affected_cpu_archs, distribution_and_releases, package_names, reported_exploited_by\n- *boolean*: cisa_kev\n- *string*: use with attack_vector, cvss_score, cvss_severity, cvss_score_source, cvss_severity_source, cvss_version, vulnerability_id\n- *integer*: use with first_published, last_modified\n- *number*: use with cvss_score, epss_score"}}}},"sort":{"type":"object","properties":{"field":{"type":"string","description":"Sort on any filter field except fields that take an array as their value."},"keyword":{"enum":["asc","desc"]}}},"search_from":{"type":"integer","description":"An integer representing the start offset index of results\nDefault value - 0","default":0},"search_to":{"type":"integer","default":500,"description":"An integer representing the start offset index of results. Use this field to specify the number of results on a page when using page token pagination.\nDefault value - 500"},"use_page_token":{"type":"boolean","description":"Use `\"use_page_token\":true` in the initial request to paginate the response data."},"next_page_token":{"type":"string","description":"If `\"use_page_token\":true` was included in the initial request, the response for that request will include a page token.\nUse `\"next_page_token\":\"string\"` to pass that page token into the next request to paginate the next set of data."}}}}}}}},"parameters":[]}}}} ``` ## Get vulnerability details > Get detailed information about a specific vulnerability. \ > \ > For example, the following request retrieves detailed information about CVE-2021-28799:\ > > \ > \*\*Required license:\*\* Cortex Cloud Runtime Security or Cortex Cloud Posture Management. ```json {"openapi":"3.0.0","info":{"title":"Vulnerability Intelligence public APIs","version":"Cortex Cloud"},"tags":[{"name":"Vulnerabilities","description":"APIs for managing vulnerabilities"}],"servers":[{"url":"https://api-yourfqdn"}],"paths":{"/public_api/uvem/v1/vulnerabilities":{"get":{"summary":"Get vulnerability details","tags":["Vulnerabilities"],"responses":{"200":{"description":"OK","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"cvss":{"type":"object","properties":{"baseScoreMetrics":{"type":"object","properties":{"attackComplexity":{"type":"string"},"attackVector":{"type":"string"},"availabilityImpact":{"type":"string"},"confidentialityImpact":{"type":"string"},"integrityImpact":{"type":"string"},"privilegesRequired":{"type":"string"},"scope":{"type":"string"},"userInteraction":{"type":"string"}}},"score":{"type":"number"},"scoreSource":{"type":"string"},"severity":{"type":"string"},"severitySource":{"type":"string"},"vectorString":{"type":"string"},"version":{"type":"string"}}},"description":{"type":"string"},"epss_score":{"type":"number"},"exploitDetails":{"type":"object","properties":{"commercialExploitFound":{"type":"boolean"},"exploitMaturity":{"type":"string"},"firstReportedThreatActor":{"type":"integer"},"mostRecentReportedThreatActor":{"type":"integer"},"publicExploitFound":{"type":"boolean"},"reportedExploited":{"type":"boolean"},"reportedExploitedByBotnets":{"type":"boolean"},"reportedExploitedByRansomware":{"type":"boolean"},"reportedExploitedByThreatActors":{"type":"boolean"},"weaponizedExploitFound":{"type":"boolean"}}},"fixVersions":{"type":"string"},"isKev":{"type":"boolean"},"temporalCvss":{"type":"object","properties":{"confidence":{"type":"string"},"score":{"type":"number"},"vectorString":{"type":"string"},"version":{"type":"string"}}},"vulnerabilityID":{"type":"string"}}}}}}},"operationId":"get-public_api-uvem-v1-vulnerabilities","description":"Get detailed information about a specific vulnerability. \n\nFor example, the following request retrieves detailed information about CVE-2021-28799:\nhttps://api-{{fqdn}}/public_api/uvem/v1/vulnerabilities?vulnerabilityId=CVE-2021-28799\n\n**Required license:** Cortex Cloud Runtime Security or Cortex Cloud Posture Management.","parameters":[{"schema":{"type":"string"},"in":"query","name":"vulnerabilityId","required":true,"description":"Vulnerability ID"},{"schema":{"type":"string"},"in":"header","name":"authorization","description":"api-key","required":true},{"schema":{"type":"string"},"in":"header","required":true,"name":"x-xdr-auth-id","description":"api-key-id"}]}}}} ``` --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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