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SeverityUpdate - AWS Security Hub

SeverityUpdate

Updates to the severity information for a finding.

Contents

Label

The severity value of the finding. The allowed values are the following.

  • INFORMATIONAL - No issue was found.

  • LOW - The issue does not require action on its own.

  • MEDIUM - The issue must be addressed but not urgently.

  • HIGH - The issue must be addressed as a priority.

  • CRITICAL - The issue must be remediated immediately to avoid it escalating.

Type: String

Valid Values: INFORMATIONAL | LOW | MEDIUM | HIGH | CRITICAL

Required: No

Normalized

The normalized severity for the finding. This attribute is to be deprecated in favor of Label.

If you provide Normalized and don't provide Label, Label is set automatically as follows.

  • 0 - INFORMATIONAL

  • 1–39 - LOW

  • 40–69 - MEDIUM

  • 70–89 - HIGH

  • 90–100 - CRITICAL

Type: Integer

Valid Range: Minimum value of 0. Maximum value of 100.

Required: No

Product

The native severity as defined by the AWS service or integrated partner product that generated the finding.

Type: Double

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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