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Integrating Invicti Enterprise with DefectDojo

This document is for:
Invicti Enterprise On-Demand, Invicti Enterprise On-Premises

DefectDojo is an open-source application security vulnerability management tool that streamlines the application security testing process. It offers features such as importing third-party security findings, merging, report generation, and security metrics.

You can integrate Invicti Enterprise with DefectDojo to send issue(s) to the issue tracking system, enabling seamless vulnerability management and automated security workflows.

This topic explains how to integrate Invicti Enterprise with DefectDojo and configure Invicti Enterprise to send a detected vulnerability to DefectDojo.

Additional Resources

For further information about how this integration helps you about automating vulnerability management, see Efficient vulnerability remediation with Invicti and DefectDojo external documentation.

For further information, see What Systems Does Invicti Integrate With? external documentation.

DefectDojo fields

This table lists and explains the DefectDojo fields in the New DefectDojo Integration window.

Button/Section/FieldDescription
NameThis is the name of the configuration that will be shown in menus.
MandatoryThis section contains fields that must be completed.
Server URLThis is the DefectDojo instance URL.
Access TokenThis is the Access Token for authentication.
Engagement IDThis is the project identifier of the issue.
Title FormatThis is the string format that is used to create the vulnerability title.
OptionalThis section contains optional fields.
EnvironmentThis is the name of the environment. This can be, for example, production, staging, etc.
TagsThis is the issue's tags.
Version Requirement

You need to have DefectDojo Version 2.14.0.

How to integrate Invicti Enterprise with DefectDojo

Follow these steps to establish the connection between Invicti Enterprise and your DefectDojo instance:

  1. Log in to Invicti Enterprise.

  2. From the main menu, go to Integrations > New Integration.

Invicti Enterprise main menu showing Integrations section with New Integration option for DefectDojo
  1. From the Issue Tracking Systems section, select DefectDojo.

  2. In the Name field, enter a name for the integration.

  3. In the Mandatory section, complete the connection details:

    • Server URL
    • Access Token
    • Engagement Id
    • Title Format
DefectDojo integration configuration showing mandatory fields including Server URL, Access Token, Engagement ID, and Title Format
  1. In the Optional section, add tags if required.

  2. Select Save.

Test Connection

You can select Test Credentials to confirm that Invicti Enterprise can connect to the configured system.

How to export reported vulnerabilities to projects in DefectDojo

Configuration Prerequisite

Please ensure that you have first configured DefectDojo integration (see How to Integrate Invicti Enterprise with DefectDojo section above).

Once notifications have been configured, you can configure Invicti Enterprise to automatically send vulnerabilities after scanning has been completed. For further information, see How to Configure a Notification to Report Vulnerabilities to an Issue Tracking System external documentation.


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