Vulnerabilities API - PUT mute or unmute a remediation item

Set the mute status of a remediation tracking process group or, in the case of Kubernetes vulnerabilities, of a remediation tracking Kubernetes node, to mute or unmute.

The request consumes an application/json payload.

PUT	ManagedDynatrace for Government	`https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/securityProblems/{id}/remediationItems/{remediationItemId}/muteState`
	SaaS	`https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/securityProblems/{id}/remediationItems/{remediationItemId}/muteState`
	Environment ActiveGate	`https://{your-activegate-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/securityProblems/{id}/remediationItems/{remediationItemId}/muteState`

Authentication

To execute this request, you need an access token with securityProblems.write scope.

To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	In	Required
id	string	The ID of the required third-party security problem.	path	required
remediationItemId	string	The ID of the remediation item.	path	required
body	RemediationItemMuteStateChange	The JSON body of the request. Contains the mute state information to be applied.	body	optional

Request body objects

The `RemediationItemMuteStateChange` object

An updated configuration of the remediation item's mute state.

Element	Type	Description	Required
comment	string	A comment about the mute state change reason.	required
muted	boolean	The desired mute state of the remediation item.	required
reason	string	The reason for the mute state change. The element can hold these values `AFFECTED` `CONFIGURATION_NOT_AFFECTED` `FALSE_POSITIVE` `IGNORE` `INITIAL_STATE` `OTHER` `VULNERABLE_CODE_NOT_IN_USE`	required

Request body JSON model

This is a model of the request body, showing the possible elements. It has to be adjusted for usage in an actual request.

json
{
  "comment": "string",
  "muted": true,
  "reason": "IGNORE"
}

Response

Response codes

Code	Description
200	Success. The requested mute state has been applied to the remediation item.
204	Not executed. The remediation item was previously put into the requested mute state by the same user with the same reason and comment.

Example

In this example, the request mutes the PROCESS_GROUP-70DF2C1374244F5A remediation item of the security problem with the ID of 3_SNYK-JAVA-IONETTY-1042268 from the GET request example. The response code of 200 indicates a successful request.

The API token is passed in the Authorization header.

Curl

bash
curl --request PUT \
  --url https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/securityProblems/3_SNYK-JAVA-IONETTY-1042268/remediationItems/PROCESS_GROUP-70DF2C1374244F5A/muteState \
  --header 'Authorization: Api-Token dt0c01.abc123.abcdefjhij1234567890' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data '{
  "muted": true,
  "reason": "OTHER",
  "comment": "API test"
}'

Request URL

plaintext
https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/securityProblems/3_SNYK-JAVA-IONETTY-1042268/remediationItems/PROCESS_GROUP-70DF2C1374244F5A/muteState

Request body

json
{
  "muted": true,
  "reason": "OTHER",
  "comment": "API test"
}

Response code

200