---
title: "Compare CVEs between two channel releases."
method: GET
path: "/app/{app_id}/security/cve-diff"
tags: ["customers"]
---

# Compare CVEs between two channel releases.

`GET /app/{app_id}/security/cve-diff`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.replicated.com/vendor/v3`
- URL: `https://api.replicated.com/vendor/v3/app/{app_id}/security/cve-diff`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`

Returns deduplicated CVEs resolved by the target release and introduced
by the target release, grouped by severity. By default only CVEs with a
known fix version are compared. Set includeUnfixable=true to compare all
CVEs. Both releases must have complete scan data.

Required RBAC Policy: kots/app/[:appid]/channel/[:channelid]/read

## Path parameters

- `app_id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `fromSequence` integer, required
- `toSequence` integer, required
- `channelId` string, required
- `includeUnfixable` boolean

## Response `200`

GetSecurityCVEDiffResponse contains the requested CVE difference between two
channel releases.

- object
  - `from` SecurityCVEDiffRelease
    - `sequence` integer
    - `version` string
  - `introduced` SecurityCVEDiffCounts
    - `critical` integer
    - `high` integer
    - `low` integer
    - `medium` integer
    - `total` integer
  - `resolved` SecurityCVEDiffCounts
    - `critical` integer
    - `high` integer
    - `low` integer
    - `medium` integer
    - `total` integer
  - `to` SecurityCVEDiffRelease
    - `sequence` integer
    - `version` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Returned on bad input
- `401`: Return if the caller is not authorized
- `403`: Returned if the caller does not have the needed permission
- `404`: Returned on resource not found

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `a36c6aead22f`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/replicated/apis/vendor-api-v3-2/changes/app/:app_id/security/cve-diff/get.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/replicated/apis/vendor-api-v3-2.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/replicated/apis/vendor-api-v3-2/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/replicated/apis/vendor-api-v3-2/revisions/a36c6aead22f?raw)