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The Vendor Attributes object can be used to represent values of attributes populated by the Vendor/Finding Provider. It can help distinguish between the vendor-provided values and consumer-updated values, of key attributes like severity_id. The original finding producer should not populate this object. It should be populated by consuming systems that support data mutability.

severity

  • Type: string_t
  • Requirement: optional

The finding severity, as reported by the Vendor (Finding Provider). The value should be normalized to the caption of the severity_id value. In the case of ‘Other’, it is defined by the source.

severity_id

  • Type: integer_t
  • Requirement: optional
  • Values:
    • 0 - Unknown: The event/finding severity is unknown.
    • 1 - Informational: Informational message. No action required.
    • 2 - Low: The user decides if action is needed.
    • 3 - Medium: Action is required but the situation is not serious at this time.
    • 4 - High: Action is required immediately.
    • 5 - Critical: Action is required immediately and the scope is broad.
    • 6 - Fatal: An error occurred but it is too late to take remedial action.
    • 99 - Other: The event/finding severity is not mapped. See the severity attribute, which contains a data source specific value.

The finding severity ID, as reported by the Vendor (Finding Provider).