Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 OVAL API

OVAL XML definitions for vulnerability scanning

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GET /oval/{product}.xml Get OVAL Definitions #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Red Hat Security Data Advisories OVAL API
  description: The Red Hat Security Data API provides public access to Red Hat's security advisory and CVE data. It enables operators to query CVEs affecting RHEL products, retrieve CVSS scores, list security advisories (RHSA), bug fix advisories (RHBA), and enhancement advisories (RHEA), and obtain OVAL XML data for vulnerability scanning integration. No authentication is required for public data access.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Red Hat Security
    url: https://access.redhat.com/security/
  termsOfService: https://www.redhat.com/en/about/agreements
servers:
- url: https://access.redhat.com/labs/securitydataapi
  description: Red Hat Security Data API
tags:
- name: OVAL
  description: OVAL XML definitions for vulnerability scanning
paths:
  /oval/{product}.xml:
    get:
      operationId: getOvalDefinitions
      summary: Get OVAL Definitions
      description: Returns OVAL XML definitions for vulnerability scanning of a specific product. OVAL definitions can be used with OpenSCAP and other OVAL scanners to assess vulnerability exposure on RHEL systems.
      tags:
      - OVAL
      parameters:
      - name: product
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The product identifier (e.g., rhel8, rhel9)
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OVAL XML definitions returned
          content:
            application/xml:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: OVAL XML document
        '404':
          description: OVAL definitions not found for this product
externalDocs:
  description: Red Hat Security Data API Documentation
  url: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_security_data_api/1.0