Vulnerability States
Tenable assigns a vulnerability state to all vulnerabilities detected on your network. You can track and filter by vulnerability state to see the detection, resolution, and reappearance of vulnerabilities over time.
Note: If you filter vulnerabilities using the Active state, Tenable.io also returns vulnerabilities in the New state. For filtering purposes, New is a sub category of Active.
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Vulnerability State |
Visibility |
Description |
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New |
Visible in dashboards |
Tenable.io detected the vulnerability one time. |
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Active |
Visible in dashboards |
Tenable.io detected the vulnerability more than one time. |
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Fixed |
Hidden in dashboards, but visible with filters |
The vulnerability was present on a host, but is no longer present. |
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Resurfaced |
Visible in dashboards |
The vulnerability was previously marked as fixed on a host, but Tenable.io detected it again. When a vulnerability is Resurfaced, it remains in this state until:
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