Count Vulnerabilities

[GET] /qps/rest/2.0/count/am/hostinstancevuln

Returns the number of host instance vulnerabilities that match the provided criteria. A host instance vulnerability is counted when the asset visible to the user (i.e. it is in the user’s scope).

Permissions required - Managers with Full Scope. Users without Full Scope must have these account settings: 1) scope includes the requested asset, and 2) permissions include: Access Permission “API Access” and Asset Management Permission “Read Asset”.

Sample - Count vulnerabilities on assetsSample - Count vulnerabilities on assets

Count the number of host instance vulnerabilities across all visible assets

API request

curl -u "USERNAME:PASSWORD" "<qualys_base_url>/qps/rest/2.0/count/am/hostinstancevuln"< file.xml
Note: file.xml contains the request POST data

Request POST data

<ServiceRequest>
    <filters>
        <Criteria field="found" operator="EQUALS">true</Criteria>
    </filters>
</ServiceRequest>

Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ServiceResponse
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="<qualys_base_url>/qps/xsd/2.0/am/hostinstancevuln.xsd">
    <responseCode>SUCCESS</responseCode>
    <count>1</count>
</ServiceResponse>

XSD

<platform API server>/qps/xsd/2.0/am/hostinstancevuln.xsd