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Cortex Cloud Posture Management Documentation

Product
Cortex Cloud Application Security > Cortex CLOUD
License
Cloud Posture Management
Creation date
2025-01-22
Last date published
2026-06-04
Category
Administrator Guide

The following table outlines Urgency metrics by scanner, detailing each metric's description, values, and evidence.

Scanner type

Metric (runtime/non-runtime)

Description

Values

Evidence

Vulnerabilities

Business Application criticality (non-runtime)

The highest criticality level among all applications linked to an issue’s affected assets. If no application is attached, the value is None.

Critical, High, Medium, Low, Info, None + Name

The Application Name + ID (only one)

Access to sensitive data (non-runtime)

At least one deployed asset affected by this issue has access to sensitive data

True, False + Finding ID

Finding ID (only one)

Leverage privileged capabilities (non-runtime)

At least one deployed asset affected by this issue has the ability to leverage privileged capabilities.

True, False + Finding ID

Finding ID (only one)

Used in image (runtime)

Indicates whether the vulnerable package present in the code is also included in the built image

True, False

Is deployed (runtime)

At least one deployed asset is affected by this issue

True, False

Internet exposed (runtime)

At least one affected deployed asset is accessible from the internet

True, False

Loaded into memory (runtime)

The vulnerable package is actively loaded into memory in at least one deployed asset

True, False, Unknown

Runtime agent protection (runtime)

Percentage of affected deployed assets with runtime protection enabled.

0–100%

Compensating control

Indicates whether compensating controls are effective across the affected deployed assets.

ENUM

Effective/ Partially Effective

Grace period

The time remaining to resolve this issue before enforcement actions begin.

Text

X days left/ Expired X days ago

Publish date

The date when the vulnerability was first publicly disclosed

Date

Fix date

The date a patch or update was released

Date

EPSS score (non-runtime)

Estimated probability that this CVE will be exploited

0–100%

CISA KEV (non-runtime)

Indicates whether this CVE is listed in CISA’s catalog

True, False

CVSS score (non-runtime)

Industry-standard severity score

0–10

Exploit maturity (non-runtime)

Level of confidence in the existence of a known exploit

POC, Active, None

Exploit availability (non-runtime)

Indicates whether an exploit is available to attackers

Public, Private

Package Operational Risk (non-runtime)

Risk level based on low maintenance or limited popularity

High, Medium, Low

Fixable (non-runtime)

Indicates whether a known fix is available

True, False

Secrets

Business Application criticality (non-runtime)

The highest criticality level among all applications linked to an issue.

Critical, High, Medium, Low, Info, None + Name

The Application Name + ID (only one)

Access sensitive data (non-runtime)

Indicates whether the secret provides access to sensitive data

True, False + Finding ID

Finding ID (only one)

Leverage privileged capabilities (non-runtime)

Indicates whether the secret can be used for privileged operations

True, False + Finding ID

Finding ID (only one)

Visibility (runtime)

Indicates if the repository where the secret was found is public

Private, Public

Validation (runtime)

Indicates whether the exposed secret is valid

Privileged, Valid, Invalid, Unavailable

Found in history (non-runtime)

Indicates if the secret was found in the version history

True, False

IaC Misconfigurations

Business application criticality (non-runtime)

The highest criticality level among all applications linked.

Critical, High, Medium, Low, Info, None + Name

The Application Name + ID (only one)

Access sensitive data (non-runtime)

At least one affected asset has access to sensitive data

True, False + Finding ID

Finding ID (only one)

Leverage privileged capabilities (non-runtime)

At least one affected asset has privileged capabilities.

True, False + Finding ID

Finding ID (only one)

Severity (non-runtime)

The issue's inherent severity rating

Critical, High, Medium, Low, Info, None

Internet exposed (runtime)

At least one affected asset is accessible from the internet

True, False

Is deployed (runtime)

At least one deployed asset is affected

True, False

Code Weaknesses

Business application criticality (non-runtime)

Highest criticality among linked applications.

Critical, High, Medium, Low, Info, None + Name

The Application Name + ID (only one)

Access sensitive data (non-runtime)

Affected assets have access to sensitive data

True, False + Finding ID

Finding ID (only one)

Leverage privileged capabilities (non-runtime)

Affected assets have privileged capabilities.

True, False + Finding ID

Finding ID (only one)

Is deployed (runtime)

At least one deployed asset is affected

True, False

Asset ID (only one)

Severity (non-runtime)

The issue's inherent severity rating

Critical, High, Medium, Low, Info, None

Internet exposed (runtime)

Asset is accessible from the internet

True, False

Runtime agent protection (runtime)

Percentage of deployed assets with runtime protection.

0–100%

CWE Top 25 (non-runtime)

Maps to CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Weaknesses

True, False

OWASP Top 10 (non-runtime)

Maps to OWASP Top 10 Security Risks

True, False

CI/CD

Business application criticality (non-runtime)

Highest criticality among linked applications.

Critical, High, Medium, Low, Info, None + Name

The Application Name + ID (only one)

Access sensitive data (non-runtime)

Affected assets have access to sensitive data

True, False + Finding ID

Finding ID (only one)

Leverage privileged capabilities (non-runtime)

Affected assets have privileged capabilities.

True, False + Finding ID

Finding ID (only one)

Is deployed (runtime)

At least one deployed asset is affected

True, False

Asset ID (only one)

Severity (non-runtime)

The issue's inherent severity rating

Critical, High, Medium, Low, Info, None

Internet exposed (runtime)

Asset is accessible from the internet

True, False

Malicious package

Business Application criticality (non-runtime)

Highest criticality level among linked applications.

Critical, High, Medium, Low, Info, None + Name

The Application Name + ID (only one)

Access to sensitive data (non-runtime)

At least one affected asset has access to sensitive data

True, False + Finding ID

Finding ID (only one)

Leverage privileged capabilities (non-runtime)

At least one affected asset has privileged capabilities.

True, False + Finding ID

Finding ID (only one)

Used in image (runtime)

Vulnerable package is included in built image

True, False

Is deployed (runtime)

At least one deployed asset is affected

True, False

Internet exposed (runtime)

At least one affected asset is accessible from internet

True, False

Loaded into memory (runtime)

Package is actively loaded into memory

True, False, Unknown

Runtime agent protection (runtime)

Percentage of deployed assets with runtime protection.

0–100%

Archived repository

Issue originates from an archived repository

True, False

EPSS score (non-runtime)

Probability that this CVE will be exploited

0–100%

CISA KEV (non-runtime)

Indicates whether this CVE is listed in CISA’s catalog

True, False

CVSS score (non-runtime)

Industry-standard severity score

0–10

Exploit maturity (non-runtime)

Confidence in known exploit existence

POC, Active, None

Exploit availability (non-runtime)

Exploit availability to attackers

Public, Private

Package Operational Risk (non-runtime)

Risk based on low maintenance/outdated support

High, Medium, Low

Fixable (non-runtime)

Indicates whether a known fix is available

True, False

Publish date (non-runtime)

The date when the vulnerability was first disclosed

Date

Fix date (non-runtime)

The date a patch was released

Date