Block List Files

post /public_api/v1/hash_exceptions/blocklist

Add files which do not exist in the allow or block lists to a block list. You can view the block list in the UI at Investigation & Response > Response > Action Center > Block List.

Required license: Cortex XSIAM Premium or Cortex XSIAM Enterprise. In Cortex NG SIEM, requires endpoints or the Cortex Cloud Runtime Security add-on.

Request headers

Authorization String required

{api_key}

Example: authorization_example

x-xdr-auth-id String required

{api_key_id}

Example: xXdrAuthId_example

CLIENT REQUEST

          curl -X 'POST'

        -H
        'Accept: application/json'
      
        -H
        'Content-Type: application/json'
      
          -H
          'Authorization: authorization_example'
          -H
          'x-xdr-auth-id: xXdrAuthId_example'
      
      'https://api-yourfqdn/public_api/v1/hash_exceptions/blocklist'
    
      -d
      ''

import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api-yourfqdn")

payload = "{\"request_data\":{\"hash_list\":[\"string\"],\"comment\":\"string\",\"incident_id\":0}}"

headers = {
    'Authorization': "SOME_STRING_VALUE",
    'x-xdr-auth-id': "SOME_STRING_VALUE",
    'content-type': "application/json"
    }

conn.request("POST", "/public_api/v1/hash_exceptions/blocklist", payload, headers)

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI("https://api-yourfqdn/public_api/v1/hash_exceptions/blocklist")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'SOME_STRING_VALUE'
request["x-xdr-auth-id"] = 'SOME_STRING_VALUE'
request["content-type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\"request_data\":{\"hash_list\":[\"string\"],\"comment\":\"string\",\"incident_id\":0}}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

const data = JSON.stringify({
  "request_data": {
    "hash_list": [
      "string"
    ],
    "comment": "string",
    "incident_id": 0
  }
});

const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.withCredentials = true;

xhr.addEventListener("readystatechange", function () {
  if (this.readyState === this.DONE) {
    console.log(this.responseText);
  }
});

xhr.open("POST", "https://api-yourfqdn/public_api/v1/hash_exceptions/blocklist");
xhr.setRequestHeader("Authorization", "SOME_STRING_VALUE");
xhr.setRequestHeader("x-xdr-auth-id", "SOME_STRING_VALUE");
xhr.setRequestHeader("content-type", "application/json");

xhr.send(data);

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api-yourfqdn/public_api/v1/hash_exceptions/blocklist")
  .header("Authorization", "SOME_STRING_VALUE")
  .header("x-xdr-auth-id", "SOME_STRING_VALUE")
  .header("content-type", "application/json")
  .body("{\"request_data\":{\"hash_list\":[\"string\"],\"comment\":\"string\",\"incident_id\":0}}")
  .asString();

import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "SOME_STRING_VALUE",
  "x-xdr-auth-id": "SOME_STRING_VALUE",
  "content-type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["request_data": [
    "hash_list": ["string"],
    "comment": "string",
    "incident_id": 0
  ]] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api-yourfqdn/public_api/v1/hash_exceptions/blocklist")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api-yourfqdn/public_api/v1/hash_exceptions/blocklist",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "{\"request_data\":{\"hash_list\":[\"string\"],\"comment\":\"string\",\"incident_id\":0}}",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: SOME_STRING_VALUE",
    "content-type: application/json",
    "x-xdr-auth-id: SOME_STRING_VALUE"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

CURL *hnd = curl_easy_init();

curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api-yourfqdn/public_api/v1/hash_exceptions/blocklist");

struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: SOME_STRING_VALUE");
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "x-xdr-auth-id: SOME_STRING_VALUE");
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "content-type: application/json");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);

curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\"request_data\":{\"hash_list\":[\"string\"],\"comment\":\"string\",\"incident_id\":0}}");

CURLcode ret = curl_easy_perform(hnd);

var client = new RestClient("https://api-yourfqdn/public_api/v1/hash_exceptions/blocklist");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "SOME_STRING_VALUE");
request.AddHeader("x-xdr-auth-id", "SOME_STRING_VALUE");
request.AddHeader("content-type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\"request_data\":{\"hash_list\":[\"string\"],\"comment\":\"string\",\"incident_id\":0}}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

Body parameters

application/json

request_dataobjectrequired

A dictionary containing the API request fields.

hash_listarray[string]

A list of hashed files you want add to a block list. Hash must be a valid SH256.

commentstring

Additional information regarding the action.

incident_idinteger

The case ID related to the hash. When included in the request, the Block List action appears in the Cortex XSIAM Case View Timeline tab.

REQUEST

{
  "request_data": {
    "hash_list": [
      "032196FB1A---DFCF69E5D553F0",
      "365296EB1B---FCF69E7D553E4",
      "365296EB1B---FCF69E5D523E4",
      "365296EB1B---FCF69E5D553D4",
      "365296EB1B---FCF63E5D553D4"
    ],
    "comment": "test",
    "incident_id": 5
  }
}

Responses

Successful response

Body

application/json

true=File successfully added to block list.

boolean

true=File successfully added to block list.

RESPONSE
false

Bad Request. Got an invalid JSON.

Body

application/json

The query result upon error.

err_codestring

HTTP response code.

err_msgstring

Error message.

Example:"{\"line\": 1, \"column\": 19, \"message\": \"no viable alternative at input '|alter2'\"}"

err_extrastring

Additional information describing the error.

RESPONSE
{
  "err_code": "example",
  "err_msg": "{\"line\": 1, \"column\": 19, \"message\": \"no viable alternative at input '|alter2'\"}",
  "err_extra": "example"
}

Unauthorized access. An issue occurred during authentication. This can indicate an incorrect key, id, or other invalid authentication parameters.

Body

application/json

The query result upon error.

err_codestring

HTTP response code.

err_msgstring

Error message.

Example:"{\"line\": 1, \"column\": 19, \"message\": \"no viable alternative at input '|alter2'\"}"

err_extrastring

Additional information describing the error.

RESPONSE
{
  "err_code": "example",
  "err_msg": "{\"line\": 1, \"column\": 19, \"message\": \"no viable alternative at input '|alter2'\"}",
  "err_extra": "example"
}

Unauthorized access. User does not have the required license type to run this API.

Body

application/json

The query result upon error.

err_codestring

HTTP response code.

err_msgstring

Error message.

Example:"{\"line\": 1, \"column\": 19, \"message\": \"no viable alternative at input '|alter2'\"}"

err_extrastring

Additional information describing the error.

RESPONSE
{
  "err_code": "example",
  "err_msg": "{\"line\": 1, \"column\": 19, \"message\": \"no viable alternative at input '|alter2'\"}",
  "err_extra": "example"
}

Forbidden access. The provided API Key does not have the required RBAC permissions to run this API.

Body

application/json

The query result upon error.

err_codestring

HTTP response code.

err_msgstring

Error message.

Example:"{\"line\": 1, \"column\": 19, \"message\": \"no viable alternative at input '|alter2'\"}"

err_extrastring

Additional information describing the error.

RESPONSE
{
  "err_code": "example",
  "err_msg": "{\"line\": 1, \"column\": 19, \"message\": \"no viable alternative at input '|alter2'\"}",
  "err_extra": "example"
}

Internal server error. A unified status for API communication type errors.

Body

application/json

The query result upon error.

err_codestring

HTTP response code.

err_msgstring

Error message.

Example:"{\"line\": 1, \"column\": 19, \"message\": \"no viable alternative at input '|alter2'\"}"

err_extrastring

Additional information describing the error.

RESPONSE
{
  "err_code": "example",
  "err_msg": "{\"line\": 1, \"column\": 19, \"message\": \"no viable alternative at input '|alter2'\"}",
  "err_extra": "example"
}