Snyk Container

Snyk Container Issues API

Retrieve container vulnerability issues

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Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/snyk-container/refs/heads/main/json-schema/snyk-container-project-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/snyk-container/refs/heads/main/json-schema/snyk-container-issue-schema.json
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JSONStructure
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OpenAPI Specification

snyk-container-issues-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Snyk Container Container Projects Issues API
  description: Snyk Container provides vulnerability scanning and remediation for container images, Kubernetes workloads, and Helm charts. The API enables organizations to integrate container security scanning into CI/CD pipelines, manage projects, retrieve vulnerability findings, and apply fixes programmatically.
  version: 2024-10-15
  contact:
    name: Snyk Support
    url: https://support.snyk.io/
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://snyk.io/policies/terms-of-service/
servers:
- url: https://api.snyk.io/rest
  description: Snyk US-01 (default)
- url: https://api.us.snyk.io/rest
  description: Snyk US-02
- url: https://api.eu.snyk.io/rest
  description: Snyk EU-01
- url: https://api.au.snyk.io/rest
  description: Snyk AU-01
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Issues
  description: Retrieve container vulnerability issues
paths:
  /orgs/{org_id}/issues:
    get:
      operationId: listContainerIssues
      summary: List Container Issues
      description: List vulnerability issues found in container scans for an organization, with filtering by severity, status, and type.
      tags:
      - Issues
      parameters:
      - name: org_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
      - name: version
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: '2024-10-15'
      - name: scan_item.type
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Filter issues by scan item type
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - project
      - name: scan_item.id
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Filter issues by project ID
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
      - name: severity
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Filter by severity level
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
            - critical
            - high
            - medium
            - low
      - name: status
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
            - open
            - resolved
            - ignored
      - name: limit
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 10
          maximum: 100
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of container vulnerability issues
          content:
            application/vnd.api+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IssuesResponse'
  /orgs/{org_id}/packages/issues:
    get:
      operationId: listPackageIssues
      summary: List Package Issues
      description: List known vulnerabilities for packages found in container images.
      tags:
      - Issues
      parameters:
      - name: org_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
      - name: version
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: purl
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Package URL (purl) to filter issues
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Package vulnerability issues
          content:
            application/vnd.api+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IssuesResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    Issue:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique issue identifier
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - issue
        attributes:
          type: object
          properties:
            key:
              type: string
              description: Vulnerability identifier (e.g. CVE-2021-44228)
            title:
              type: string
              description: Human-readable vulnerability title
            type:
              type: string
              enum:
              - package_vulnerability
              - license
              - cloud
              - custom
            severity:
              type: string
              enum:
              - critical
              - high
              - medium
              - low
            status:
              type: string
              enum:
              - open
              - resolved
              - ignored
            created_at:
              type: string
              format: date-time
            updated_at:
              type: string
              format: date-time
            ignored:
              type: boolean
            resolved:
              type: boolean
            coordinates:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  remedies:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        type:
                          type: string
                          enum:
                          - indeterminate
                          - manual
                          - automatic
                        description:
                          type: string
                        details:
                          type: object
                          properties:
                            upgrade_package:
                              type: string
    IssuesResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Issue'
        links:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginationLinks'
    PaginationLinks:
      type: object
      properties:
        prev:
          type: string
          description: URL for previous page
        next:
          type: string
          description: URL for next page
        first:
          type: string
          description: URL for first page
        last:
          type: string
          description: URL for last page
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Snyk API token obtained from your Snyk account settings