Rapid7

Rapid7 Variances Documentation API

The Variances Documentation API from Rapid7 — 2 operation(s) for variances documentation.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
Vulnerability Management BC-620.40

Operations 2

POST /vulnerabilities/variances/documentation Get Vulnerability Variances Documentation #
GET /vulnerabilities/{vuln-id}/variances/{variance-id}/documentation Get Vulnerability Variance Documentation #

Specifications

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/rapid7/refs/heads/main/openapi/rapid7-variances-documentation-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

rapid7-variances-documentation-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: InsightAppSec Variances Documentation API
  description: Welcome to the reference documentation for the public APIs available for InsightAppSec.
  version: v1
servers:
- url: https://[region].api.insight.rapid7.com/ias/v1
tags:
- name: Variances Documentation
paths:
  /vulnerabilities/variances/documentation:
    post:
      tags:
      - Variances Documentation
      summary: Get Vulnerability Variances Documentation
      description: Get full description for all vulnerabilities according to CWE (Common Weakness Enumeration) / CVE (Common Vulnerability Enumeration) and provide recommendations to fix them.
      operationId: get-documentation-by-variances
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/VarianceFilterRequest'
        required: true
      responses:
        '415':
          description: Unsupported Media Type
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/VarianceDocumentation'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: Unauthenticated
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '403':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: Resource not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '500':
          description: Internal error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '409':
          description: Action conflict
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '422':
          description: Resource validation error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationErrors'
  /vulnerabilities/{vuln-id}/variances/{variance-id}/documentation:
    get:
      tags:
      - Variances Documentation
      summary: Get Vulnerability Variance Documentation
      description: Get full description about a specific vulnerability according to CWE (Common Weakness Enumeration) / CVE (Common Vulnerability Enumeration) and provide recommendations to fix it.
      operationId: get-documentation-by-variance
      parameters:
      - name: vuln-id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
      - name: variance-id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
      responses:
        '415':
          description: Unsupported Media Type
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/VarianceDocumentation'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: Unauthenticated
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '403':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: Resource not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '500':
          description: Internal error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: The type of the validation error
          enum:
          - OBJECT
          - PROPERTY
          readOnly: true
        context:
          type: string
          description: An optional contextual indicator of a part of the request which failed validation
          readOnly: true
        explanation:
          type: string
          description: Details of the validation error
          readOnly: true
    VarianceDocumentation:
      properties:
        references:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
            description: ${public-api.docs.models.vulnerability.properties.variance-documentation.references}
            readOnly: true
          description: Reference to CWE (Common Weakness Enumeration)/CVE (Common Vulnerability Enumeration) documentation
          readOnly: true
        description:
          type: string
          description: The vulnerability description
          readOnly: true
        recommendation:
          type: string
          description: How to fix or prevent the vulnerability
          readOnly: true
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
      title: VarianceDocumentation
    Error:
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          description: A description of the type of error based on HTTP status code
          enum:
          - 100 CONTINUE
          - 101 SWITCHING_PROTOCOLS
          - 102 PROCESSING
          - 103 EARLY_HINTS
          - 103 CHECKPOINT
          - 200 OK
          - 201 CREATED
          - 202 ACCEPTED
          - 203 NON_AUTHORITATIVE_INFORMATION
          - 204 NO_CONTENT
          - 205 RESET_CONTENT
          - 206 PARTIAL_CONTENT
          - 207 MULTI_STATUS
          - 208 ALREADY_REPORTED
          - 226 IM_USED
          - 300 MULTIPLE_CHOICES
          - 301 MOVED_PERMANENTLY
          - 302 FOUND
          - 302 MOVED_TEMPORARILY
          - 303 SEE_OTHER
          - 304 NOT_MODIFIED
          - 305 USE_PROXY
          - 307 TEMPORARY_REDIRECT
          - 308 PERMANENT_REDIRECT
          - 400 BAD_REQUEST
          - 401 UNAUTHORIZED
          - 402 PAYMENT_REQUIRED
          - 403 FORBIDDEN
          - 404 NOT_FOUND
          - 405 METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED
          - 406 NOT_ACCEPTABLE
          - 407 PROXY_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED
          - 408 REQUEST_TIMEOUT
          - 409 CONFLICT
          - 410 GONE
          - 411 LENGTH_REQUIRED
          - 412 PRECONDITION_FAILED
          - 413 PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE
          - 413 REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE
          - 414 URI_TOO_LONG
          - 414 REQUEST_URI_TOO_LONG
          - 415 UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE
          - 416 REQUESTED_RANGE_NOT_SATISFIABLE
          - 417 EXPECTATION_FAILED
          - 418 I_AM_A_TEAPOT
          - 419 INSUFFICIENT_SPACE_ON_RESOURCE
          - 420 METHOD_FAILURE
          - 421 DESTINATION_LOCKED
          - 422 UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY
          - 423 LOCKED
          - 424 FAILED_DEPENDENCY
          - 425 TOO_EARLY
          - 426 UPGRADE_REQUIRED
          - 428 PRECONDITION_REQUIRED
          - 429 TOO_MANY_REQUESTS
          - 431 REQUEST_HEADER_FIELDS_TOO_LARGE
          - 451 UNAVAILABLE_FOR_LEGAL_REASONS
          - 500 INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
          - 501 NOT_IMPLEMENTED
          - 502 BAD_GATEWAY
          - 503 SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE
          - 504 GATEWAY_TIMEOUT
          - 505 HTTP_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED
          - 506 VARIANT_ALSO_NEGOTIATES
          - 507 INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE
          - 508 LOOP_DETECTED
          - 509 BANDWIDTH_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
          - 510 NOT_EXTENDED
          - 511 NETWORK_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED
          readOnly: true
        message:
          type: string
          description: A description of the error
          readOnly: true
        errorCode:
          type: string
          description: An optional code which may help support indicate the underlying cause of the error
          enum:
          - E1
          - E2
          - E3
          - E4
          - E5
          - E6
          - E7
          - E8
          - E9
          - E10
          - E11
          - E12
          - E13
          - E14
          - E15
          - E16
          - E17
          - E18
          - E19
          - E20
          - E22
          - E23
          - E24
          - E25
          - E26
          - E27
          - E28
          - E999
          readOnly: true
      title: Error
    VarianceFilterRequest:
      properties:
        variance_ids:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            format: uuid
          uniqueItems: true
        scan_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        vuln_uuids:
          type: array
          deprecated: true
          items:
            type: string
            format: uuid
            deprecated: true
          uniqueItems: true
        vuln_ids:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            format: uuid
          uniqueItems: true
    ValidationErrors:
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          description: A description of the type of error based on HTTP status code
          enum:
          - 100 CONTINUE
          - 101 SWITCHING_PROTOCOLS
          - 102 PROCESSING
          - 103 EARLY_HINTS
          - 103 CHECKPOINT
          - 200 OK
          - 201 CREATED
          - 202 ACCEPTED
          - 203 NON_AUTHORITATIVE_INFORMATION
          - 204 NO_CONTENT
          - 205 RESET_CONTENT
          - 206 PARTIAL_CONTENT
          - 207 MULTI_STATUS
          - 208 ALREADY_REPORTED
          - 226 IM_USED
          - 300 MULTIPLE_CHOICES
          - 301 MOVED_PERMANENTLY
          - 302 FOUND
          - 302 MOVED_TEMPORARILY
          - 303 SEE_OTHER
          - 304 NOT_MODIFIED
          - 305 USE_PROXY
          - 307 TEMPORARY_REDIRECT
          - 308 PERMANENT_REDIRECT
          - 400 BAD_REQUEST
          - 401 UNAUTHORIZED
          - 402 PAYMENT_REQUIRED
          - 403 FORBIDDEN
          - 404 NOT_FOUND
          - 405 METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED
          - 406 NOT_ACCEPTABLE
          - 407 PROXY_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED
          - 408 REQUEST_TIMEOUT
          - 409 CONFLICT
          - 410 GONE
          - 411 LENGTH_REQUIRED
          - 412 PRECONDITION_FAILED
          - 413 PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE
          - 413 REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE
          - 414 URI_TOO_LONG
          - 414 REQUEST_URI_TOO_LONG
          - 415 UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE
          - 416 REQUESTED_RANGE_NOT_SATISFIABLE
          - 417 EXPECTATION_FAILED
          - 418 I_AM_A_TEAPOT
          - 419 INSUFFICIENT_SPACE_ON_RESOURCE
          - 420 METHOD_FAILURE
          - 421 DESTINATION_LOCKED
          - 422 UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY
          - 423 LOCKED
          - 424 FAILED_DEPENDENCY
          - 425 TOO_EARLY
          - 426 UPGRADE_REQUIRED
          - 428 PRECONDITION_REQUIRED
          - 429 TOO_MANY_REQUESTS
          - 431 REQUEST_HEADER_FIELDS_TOO_LARGE
          - 451 UNAVAILABLE_FOR_LEGAL_REASONS
          - 500 INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
          - 501 NOT_IMPLEMENTED
          - 502 BAD_GATEWAY
          - 503 SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE
          - 504 GATEWAY_TIMEOUT
          - 505 HTTP_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED
          - 506 VARIANT_ALSO_NEGOTIATES
          - 507 INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE
          - 508 LOOP_DETECTED
          - 509 BANDWIDTH_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
          - 510 NOT_EXTENDED
          - 511 NETWORK_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED
          readOnly: true
        message:
          type: string
          description: A description of the error
          readOnly: true
        errorCode:
          type: string
          description: An optional code which may help support indicate the underlying cause of the error
          enum:
          - E1
          - E2
          - E3
          - E4
          - E5
          - E6
          - E7
          - E8
          - E9
          - E10
          - E11
          - E12
          - E13
          - E14
          - E15
          - E16
          - E17
          - E18
          - E19
          - E20
          - E22
          - E23
          - E24
          - E25
          - E26
          - E27
          - E28
          - E999
          readOnly: true
        errors:
          type: array
          description: A list of validation errors, when the HTTP status code is 422
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          readOnly: true
      title: ValidationErrors