Approval workflow configurations for unassign request

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  • Updated March 12, 2026
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    • You can design the approval workflow for the removal of assignments from vulnerable items (VIs, VITs), remediation tasks, application vulnerable items (AVITs), and container vulnerable items (CVITs) for you and your group.

    VIT, remediation task, AVIT, and CVIT have a default approval rule each. Each approval rule has a default approval configuration. Each approval configuration has a default approver level. The approval rules for VITs, remediation task, AVIT, and CVIT are enabled by default. As an admin, you can perform the following actions by navigating to All > Vulnerability Response > My Approvals > Approval Rules and selecting the appropriate approval rule.

    • enable or disable an approval rule.
    • create and update an approval configuration.
    • define conditions for vulnerable items and remediation tasks for which the approval rules apply.
    • create and update multiple approver levels.

    The following table shows the default approval rules, approval configurations, and approver levels for a VIT, remediation task, AVIT, and CVIT which are shipped with the base system.

    You can design the approval workflow for the removal of assignments from vulnerable items (VIs, VITs), remediation tasks, application vulnerable items (AVITs), and container vulnerable items (CVITs) for you and your group.

    Table 1. Default approval rules, approval configurations, and approver levels
    Type Approval Rule Approval configuration Approver levels
    VIT or VI Vulnerable item field change request Vulnerable item field change request Level-1 Unassign Request for VI
    Remediation task Vulnerability Group field change request Vulnerability field change request Level 1 - Unassign Request for VG
    AVIT Application vulnerable item field change request Application vulnerability field change request Unassign app vulnerability item
    CVIT Approval for container management Default Configuration Unassign CVIT CVIT unassign approval level - 1

    For more information on how to approve unassign requests, see Approve or reject an unassign request in Vulnerability Response.