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Note

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API description

Retrieves a collection of discovered vulnerabilities related to a given device ID.

Limitations

  1. Rate limitations for this API are 50 calls per minute and 1500 calls per hour.

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Use Microsoft Defender for Endpoint APIs

Permission type Permission Permission display name
Application Vulnerability.Read.All 'Read Threat and Vulnerability Management vulnerability information'
Delegated (work or school account) Vulnerability.Read 'Read Threat and Vulnerability Management vulnerability information'

HTTP request

GET /api/machines/{machineId}/vulnerabilities

Request headers

Name Type Description
Authorization String Bearer {token}. Required.

Request body

Empty

Response

If successful, this method returns 200 OK with the discovered vulnerability information in the body.

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

GET https://api.securitycenter.microsoft.com/api/machines/ac233fa6208e1579620bf44207c4006ed7cc4501/vulnerabilities

Response

Here is an example of the response.

{
    "@odata.context": "https://api.securitycenter.microsoft.com/api/$metadata#Collection(Analytics.Contracts.PublicAPI.PublicVulnerabilityDto)",
    "value": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2019-1348",
            "name": "CVE-2019-1348",
            "description": "Git could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw in the --export-marks option of git fast-import. By persuading a victim to import specially-crafted content, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite arbitrary paths.",
            "severity": "Medium",
            "cvssV3": 4.3,
            "exposedMachines": 1,
            "publishedOn": "2019-12-13T00:00:00Z",
            "updatedOn": "2019-12-13T00:00:00Z",
            "publicExploit": false,
            "exploitVerified": false,
            "exploitInKit": false,
            "exploitTypes": [],
            "exploitUris": []
        }
    ]
}

See also

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