Ignore Vulnerabilities

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Ignore/Restore vulnerabilities and potential vulnerabilities on all hosts in subscription.

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Ignore/Restore vulnerabilities and potential vulnerabilities on hosts in user’s business unit.

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Ignore/Restore vulnerabilities and potential vulnerabilities on hosts in user’s account, when a certain remediation policy option is enabled. *

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Ignore/Restore vulnerabilities and potential vulnerabilities on hosts in user’s account, when a certain remediation policy option is enabled.*

action={ignore|restore}

 Required

Boolean

A flag indicating an ignore or restore request. When unspecified, the action is set to “ignore”. Specify “restore” to restore (un-ignore) vulnerabilities.

qids={qid,qid,...}

Required

Integer

Specifies the QIDs (Qualys IDs) to ignore/restore. A maximum of 10 QIDs may be specified. Multiple QIDs are comma separated.

comments={value}

Required

String

Specify comments for the action. The comments may include a maximum of 255 characters. Comments are stored with ignored vulnerabilities, and are visible to users in the Qualys user interface.

reopen_ignored_days={value}

Optional

Integer

Set to reopen ignored vulnerabilities that are detected after a number of days (1-730). If the ignored vulnerability is reopened by the service, the corresponding ticket’s state/status is changed from Closed/Ignored to Open/Reopened.

reopen_ignored_date={date}

Optional

Integer

Set to reopen ignored vulnerabilities that are detected after a specified date. If the ignored vulnerability is reopened by the service, the corresponding ticket’s state/status is changed from Closed/Ignored to Open/Reopened.

asset_groups={ag1,ag2,...}

Optional

Integer

Selects hosts by asset group. The hosts included in the one or more asset groups provided are selected. A maximum of 5 asset group titles may be specified. The asset group title “All” as defined in the Qualys user interface may be specified. Multiple asset groups are comma separated. This parameter or another host selection parameter is required.

ips={nnn, nnn-nnn,...}

Optional

Integer

Selects hosts by IP address. Enter one or more IP addresses and/or ranges. Multiple entries are comma separated. The parameter value may include a maximum of 512 characters (ascii).This parameter or another host selection parameter is required.

network_id={value}

Optional

Integer

Only valid when the networks feature is enabled. The network ID for the record. This parameter or another host selection parameter is required.

tag_set_include={value}

Optional

Integer

Specify a tag set to include. Hosts that match these tags will be included. You identify the tag set by providing tag name or IDs. Multiple entries are comma separated.

tag_set_exclude={value}

Optional

Integer

Specify a tag set to exclude. Hosts that match these tags will be excluded. You identify the tag set by providing tag name or IDs. Multiple entries are comma separated.

tag_set_by ={id|name}

Optional

Integer

Specify “id” (the default) to select a tag set by providing tag IDs. Specify “name” to select a tag set by providing tag names.

tag_include_selector={all|any}

Optional

Boolean

Select “any” (the default) to include hosts that match at least one of the selected tags. Select “all” to include hosts that match all of the selected tags.

tag_exclude_selector={all|any}

Optional

Boolean

Select “any” (the default) to exclude hosts that match at least one of the selected tags. Select “all” to exclude hosts that match all of the selected tags.

use_ip_nt_range_tags_include ={0|1}

Optional

Integer

Specify “0” (the default) to select from all tags (tags with any tag rule). Specify “1” to scan all IP addresses defined in tag selection. When this is specified, only tags with the dynamic IP address rule called “IP address in Network Range(s)” can be selected.

use_ip_nt_range_tags_exclude={0|1}

Optional

Integer

Specify “0” (the default) to select from all tags (tags with any tag rule). Specify “1” to exclude all IP addresses defined in tag selection. When this is specified, only tags with the dynamic IP address rule called “IP address in Network Range(s)” can be selected.

dns_contains={value}

Optional

String

Selects hosts by DNS host name. Specify a text string contained in one or more DNS host names. The text string may include a maximum of 100 characters (ascii). This parameter or another host selection parameter is required.

netbios_contains={value}

Optional

String

Selects hosts by NetBIOS host name. Specify a text string contained in one or more NetBIOS host names. The text string may include a maximum of 100 characters (ascii).This parameter or another host selection parameter is required.