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Tenable Vulnerabilities API

The Vulnerabilities API from Tenable — 4 operation(s) for vulnerabilities.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
Vulnerability Management BC-620.40

Operations 4

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

POST /import/vulnerabilities Import vulnerabilities (v1) · Import vulnerabilities v1 #
Ask an LLM
“How do I push third-party vulnerability findings into Vulnerability Management?”
“What's the size and asset limit for a vulnerability import request?”
Tell an agent
Import vulnerabilities from source {source} of type {type} for assets {assets} using the v1 import.
Load v1 vulnerability data for {assets} from {source} with type {type} and checks run {checks_ran}.
POST /api/v2/vulnerabilities Import vulnerabilities (v2) · Import vulnerabilities v2 #
Ask an LLM
“Can I import vulnerability data while naming the vendor and product that found it?”
“Which import version lets me declare scan coverage for my assets?”
Tell an agent
Import v2 vulnerabilities from vendor {vendor} product {product}, data type {data_type}, source {source}, for assets {assets}.
Use the v2 import to add {assets} from {vendor} {product} as {data_type} via {source} with coverage {coverage}.
GET /was/v2/vulnerabilities/{vuln_id} Get a web app vulnerability instance · Get vulnerability details #
Ask an LLM
“What are the details of one specific web application vulnerability?”
“Where can I read the evidence for a web app finding?”
Tell an agent
Get web app vulnerability {vuln_id}.
Show details for WAS finding {vuln_id}.

Specifications

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OpenAPI Specification

tenable-vulnerabilities-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Tenable Vulnerabilities API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: 'Operations tagged Vulnerabilities across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: tenable-vulnerability-management-openapi.json, tenable-web-app-scanning-openapi.json. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://cloud.tenable.com
tags:


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