---
title: "Updates information about the organization specified by short name (accessible to Secretariat)"
method: PUT
path: "/org/{shortname}"
tags: ["Organization"]
---

# Updates information about the organization specified by short name (accessible to Secretariat)

`PUT /org/{shortname}`

<h2>Access Control</h2>  <p>User must belong to an organization with the <b>Secretariat</b> role</p>  <h2>Expected Behavior</h2>  <p><b>Secretariat:</b> Updates any organization's information</p>

## Path parameters

- `shortname` string, required

## Query parameters

- `id_quota` integer
- `name` string
- `new_short_name` string
- `active_roles.add` 'CNA' | 'SECRETARIAT'
- `active_roles.remove` 'CNA' | 'SECRETARIAT'

## Headers

- `CVE-API-ORG` string, required
- `CVE-API-USER` string, required
- `CVE-API-KEY` string, required

## Response `200`

Returns information about the organization updated

- UpdateOrgResponseJson — unresolved $ref

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Not Authenticated
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not Found
- `500` — Internal Server Error

## Changes

- **2026-07-20** `a1102aabb125` — 1 warning
  - deleted the `query` request parameter `registry`
- **2026-06-03** `3cf0b550101e` — 1 info
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `registry`
- **2025-12-29** `709b2f123f0d` — 1 warning
  - deleted the `query` request parameter `registry`
- **2025-12-05** `7225ce9cee29` — 2 info
  - for the `query` request parameter `registry`, the type/format was generalized from `boolean`/`` to `string`/``
  - removed `#/components/schemas/update-org-response.json, #/components/schemas/update-registry-org-response.json` from the response body `oneOf` list for the response status `200`
- **2025-11-04** `26ede34bbf48` — 1 breaking, 1 info
  - added `#/components/schemas/update-org-response.json, #/components/schemas/update-registry-org-response.json` to the response body `oneOf` list for the response status `200`
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `registry`

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/cveproject/apis/cve-services-api/changes/org/:shortname/put.md)

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