# Accept or decline a vulnerability report

> Accept a report (decision accept), which makes a draft advisory from it crediting the reporter, or decline it (decision decline), with an optional note.

<div class="g1t-endpoint"><span class="g1t-method" data-method="patch">PATCH</span><code>/repos/{owner}/{name}/security/reports/{id}</code></div>

Admin, or a security manager.

`accept` makes a draft advisory from the report, in the report's words and crediting the reporter, for the maintainers to finish and publish; `advisory` is that draft. `decline` closes the report; `advisory` is null. A report that was reviewed already is `409`. Takes the Admin role, or a security manager of the workspace.

- **Authentication:** Required. Send an [access token](/reference/api/#authentication) as `Authorization: Bearer`.
- **MCP tool:** [`security`](/reference/mcp/#security) with `action` `review_report`, and the same inputs
- **Scope:** An access token needs [`security:write`](/guides/authentication/#scopes).

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `owner` | string | Yes | The workspace that owns the repository. |
| `name` | string | Yes | The repository's name. |
| `id` | string | Yes | The report's id: vrp_… |

## Body parameters

Send a JSON object. Names are `snake_case`, as in responses; the `camelCase` spelling is accepted too.

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `decision` | string | Yes | accept makes a draft advisory from it; decline closes it. One of `accept`, `decline`. |
| `note` | string | No | A note for the record, in a sentence. At most 1,000 characters. |

## Example request

```sh
curl -X PATCH https://api.g1t.sh/repos/flagon-io/hello/security/reports/vrp_01kq2p9f6g7h8j9k0m1n2p3q4r \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "decision": "accept",
    "note": "Confirmed on 1.4.0."
  }'
```

## Example response

A successful request answers `200` with:

```json
{
  "report": {
    "id": "vrp_01kq2p9f6g7h8j9k0m1n2p3q4r",
    "repo_id": "rep_01kq2p9f6g7h8j9k0m1n2p3q4r",
    "repo": "flagon-io/hello",
    "reporter": null,
    "reporter_email": "finder@example.com",
    "title": "Path traversal in the archive reader",
    "description": "Extracting an archive with an entry named ../../etc/passwd writes outside the target directory. Steps: …",
    "severity": "high",
    "state": "accepted",
    "advisory_id": "adv_01kq2p9f6g7h8j9k0m1n2p3q4r",
    "created_at": "2026-10-06T08:40:11.000Z",
    "reviewed_by": "syntaqx",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-06T09:14:02.118Z",
    "review_note": "Confirmed on 1.4.0."
  },
  "advisory": {
    "id": "adv_01kq2p9f6g7h8j9k0m1n2p3q4r",
    "g1tsa_id": "G1TSA-2026-h7kd-3mqw",
    "repo_id": "rep_01kq2p9f6g7h8j9k0m1n2p3q4r",
    "repo": "flagon-io/hello",
    "title": "Path traversal in the archive reader",
    "description": "Extracting an archive with an entry named ../../etc/passwd writes outside the target directory. Steps: …",
    "severity": "high",
    "cvss_vector": null,
    "cvss_score": null,
    "cve_id": null,
    "ecosystem": null,
    "package": null,
    "affected_versions": null,
    "patched_versions": null,
    "state": "draft",
    "credits": [
      "finder@example.com"
    ],
    "report_id": "vrp_01kq2p9f6g7h8j9k0m1n2p3q4r",
    "created_by": "syntaqx",
    "created_at": "2026-10-06T09:14:02.118Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-10-06T09:14:02.118Z",
    "published_at": null,
    "withdrawn_at": null
  }
}
```

## Errors

A failed request answers with one of these statuses and a body like `{"error": {"code": "not_found", "message": "Repository not found."}}`. See [errors](/reference/api/#errors).

| Status | Code | When |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 401 | `unauthenticated` | A token is required, or the one sent is not valid. |
| 403 | `forbidden` | The token is valid but not allowed to do this, such as a member-only change, or a token without the scope it needs. |
| 404 | `not_found` | It does not exist, or you cannot see it. |
| 409 | `conflict` | The request conflicts with the current state. |
| 422 | `invalid` | The input is not valid. `message` says which field and why. |