Sort report.pdf by <severity, IP>

How To
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I do a scan and I go to download the report using:

  • The default filter: apply_overrides=0 levels=hml rows=100 min_qod=70 first=1 sort-reverse=severity
  • Report Format: PDF

The problem is that it’s not sorted by <severity, IP>. It’s by <severity, random>.
So if I retry to download the PDF, the results are presented in a different order.

This makes it very difficult to compare this month’s report with last month’s report, and to maintain a documentation of the findings in the order they’re presented in the PDF.

Is there any way to sort the report.pdf by two keys, i.e. “severity: descending” first, but also “IP: ascending” second?

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@alkisg To my knowledge, this is not possible. I recommend a solution I’ve been using recently: exporting the report in XML format and asking Copilot to write Python code that applies appropriate sorting or filtering to the report, with the output generated as a PDF.

Eero

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Thank you very much Eero.I think it’ll be easier for us to sort the list by IP then, and download as PDF.

The XML sorting sounds easy, but it would probably require some effort to convert it into a PDF with a similar quality as the OpenVAS generated one.

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There is a solution for that OpenVAS Report :wink: Contact Greenbone Sales if you look for a solution for your needs.

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@alkisg

I personally don’t understand why layout matters; in my world, the difference comes from how easily the material can be processed and interpreted. Of course, you can pay a company to code the desired feature directly into OpenVAS

Eero

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