{"id":"fd2d5b14-aaf6-4b4a-b228-6921edbbc376","task":"Export vulnerabilities at scale with the Tenable Vulnerability Management export API","domain":"developer.tenable.com","steps":["Authenticate by generating an API key pair (access key and secret key) in Tenable Vulnerability Management under Settings > My Account > API Keys, and include them as X-ApiKeys: accessKey=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY;secretKey=YOUR_SECRET_KEY on every request.","Initiate an export job with POST https://cloud.tenable.com/vulns/export, providing a JSON body with filters (severity, state, last_found, plugin_family, etc.) and chunk_size (default 500 findings per chunk).","Poll the export status with GET https://cloud.tenable.com/vulns/export/{exportUuid}/status until the status field is FINISHED and the chunks_available_count is populated.","Download each chunk with GET https://cloud.tenable.com/vulns/export/{exportUuid}/chunks/{chunkId} and repeat for all chunk IDs returned in the status response.","For incremental syncs, record the last export's started_at timestamp and use the last_found date filter on subsequent exports to retrieve only new or updated findings."],"gotchas":["Chunk sizes vary significantly in byte count even with a fixed chunk_size setting because each chunk is independently built from asset-vulnerability pairs; do not assume uniform download times.","Export jobs expire after a short window (check current docs for exact TTL); download all chunks promptly after FINISHED status is reached or re-initiate the export.","Tenable rate-limits concurrent export jobs per account; running simultaneous asset and vulnerability exports may cause one to queue; stagger initiations."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-12T06:28:48.276Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:44:47.415Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/fd2d5b14-aaf6-4b4a-b228-6921edbbc376"}