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Tenable Vulnerabilities API

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

Tenable Vulnerabilities API is one of 107 APIs that Tenable publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Vulnerabilities. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 17 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://www.tenable.com/downloads/api/v2.

4 operations 4 paths 17 schemas 1 GET3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://cloud.tenable.com
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Tenable Vulnerabilities API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (Bearer). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • Bearer — Example: Bearer {{token}}

Paths & Operations 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 1 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Vulnerabilities 4
POST
/import/vulnerabilitiesdeprecated
Import vulnerabilities v1
vulnerabilities-import body → 200400401403429500503
POST
/api/v2/vulnerabilities
Import vulnerabilities v2
vulnerabilities-import-v2 body → 200400401403429500503
GET
/was/v2/vulnerabilities/{vuln_id}
Get vulnerability details
was-v2-vulns-details 1 param → 200400401404429500
POST
/was/v2/vulnerabilities/search
Search vulnerabilities
was-v2-vulns-search 3 params body → 200400401429500

Schemas 17

The contract defines 17 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are vulnerabilities_asset_v2 (11 properties), vulnerabilities_vuln_finding (9 properties), VulnerabilityDetailsWithMetadata (8 properties), vulnerabilities_asset (8 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

VulnerabilityDetails
object
The details for the vulnerability.
8 properties
vulnerabilities_checks_ran_object
object
3 properties
ErrorResponse
object
Tenable Web App Scanning error response.
1 property 1 required
VulnerabilityWithMetadata
object
7 properties 7 required
vulnerabilities_asset
object
8 properties
PaginationResponse
object
An object containing pagination information for the current result set.
4 properties
Attachment
object
The report attachments for the vulnerability.
5 properties 5 required
vulnerabilities_network_interface
object
5 properties
Vulnerability
object
7 properties 7 required
vulnerabilities_vuln_finding_v2
object
7 properties
PaginationResponseSortObject
object
An object specifying how the current result set is sorted, including the property by which the results were sorted and the sort direction.
2 properties
VulnerabilityDetailsWithMetadata
object
The details for the vulnerability.
8 properties
vulnerabilities_ErrorResponse
object
3 properties
vulnerabilities_asset_v2
object
11 properties
vulnerabilities_vuln-import-response
object
1 property
AppliedFilters-Vulnerabilities
object
A single filter to apply to the vulnerabilities search.
3 properties
vulnerabilities_vuln_finding
object
9 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tenable-vulnerabilities-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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