Vulnerability Protection Profile Models

Overview

The Vulnerability Protection Profile models provide a structured way to manage vulnerability protection profiles in Palo Alto Networks' Strata Cloud Manager. These models support defining rules and threat exceptions with various actions, severities, and categories. Profiles can be defined in folders, snippets, or devices. The models handle validation of inputs and outputs when interacting with the SCM API.

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Required	Default	Description
name	str	Yes	None	Name of the profile. Must match pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+$
description	str	No	None	Description of the profile
rules	List[RuleRequest]	Yes	None	List of rules for the profile
threat_exception	List[ThreatExceptionRequest]	No	None	List of threat exceptions
folder	str	No*	None	Folder where profile is defined. Max length: 64 chars
snippet	str	No*	None	Snippet where profile is defined. Max length: 64 chars
device	str	No*	None	Device where profile is defined. Max length: 64 chars
id	UUID	Yes**	None	UUID of the profile (response only)

* Exactly one container type (folder/snippet/device) must be provided ** Only required for response model

Exceptions

The Vulnerability Protection Profile models can raise the following exceptions during validation:

• ValueError: Raised in several scenarios:
  • When multiple container types (folder/snippet/device) are specified
  • When no container type is specified for create operations
  • When invalid action formats are provided (must be string or dict)
  • When multiple actions are specified in a single rule
  • When block_ip action is missing required fields
  • When non-empty parameters are provided for simple actions
  • When name pattern validation fails
  • When container field pattern validation fails
  • When field length limits are exceeded
  • When invalid time attribute values are provided

Model Validators

Container Type Validation

For create operations, exactly one container type must be specified:

# Using dictionaryfrom scm.config.security import VulnerabilityProtectionProfile
# Error: multiple containers specifiedtry:
profile_dict = {
"name": "invalid-profile",
"rules": [{
"name": "rule1",
"action": {"alert": {}}
}],
"folder": "Texas",
"device": "fw01" # Can't specify both folder and device
}
profile = VulnerabilityProtectionProfile(api_client)
response = profile.create(profile_dict)
except ValueError as e:
print(e) # "Exactly one of 'folder', 'snippet', or 'device' must be provided."

Action Validation

Actions must be properly formatted and validated:

# Invalid action formattry:
profile_dict = {
"name": "test-profile",
"folder": "Texas",
"rules": [{
"name": "rule1",
"action": ["alert"] # Must be string or dict
}]
}
response = profile.create(profile_dict)
except ValueError as e:
print(e) # "Invalid action format; must be a string or dict."
# Multiple actions specifiedtry:
profile_dict = {
"name": "test-profile",
"folder": "Texas",
"rules": [{
"name": "rule1",
"action": {
"alert": {},
"drop": {} # Can't specify multiple actions
}
}]
}
response = profile.create(profile_dict)
except ValueError as e:
print(e) # "Exactly one action must be provided in 'action' field."

Usage Examples

Creating a Basic Profile

# Using dictionarybasic_dict = {
"name": "basic-profile",
"description": "Basic vulnerability protection profile",
"folder": "Texas",
"rules": [{
"name": "rule1",
"action": {"alert": {}},
"severity": ["critical", "high"],
"category": "exploit-kit"
}]
}

profile = VulnerabilityProtectionProfile(api_client)
response = profile.create(basic_dict)
# Using model directlyfrom scm.models.security import (
VulnerabilityProfileCreateModel,
VulnerabilityProfileRuleModel,
VulnerabilityProfileActionResponse,
VulnerabilityProfileSeverity,
VulnerabilityProfileCategory
)

basic_profile = VulnerabilityProfileCreateModel(
name="basic-profile",
description="Basic vulnerability protection profile",
folder="Texas",
rules=[
VulnerabilityProfileRuleModel(
name="rule1",
action=VulnerabilityProfileActionResponse(root={"alert": {}}),
severity=[VulnerabilityProfileSeverity.critical, VulnerabilityProfileSeverity.high],
category=VulnerabilityProfileCategory.exploit_kit
)
]
)

payload = basic_profile.model_dump(exclude_unset=True)
response = profile.create(payload)

Creating a Profile with Threat Exceptions

# Using dictionaryadvanced_dict = {
"name": "advanced-profile",
"description": "Profile with threat exceptions",
"folder": "Texas",
"rules": [{
"name": "rule1",
"action": {
"block_ip": {
"track_by": "source",
"duration": 3600
}
},
"severity": ["critical"],
"category": "code-execution"
}],
"threat_exception": [{
"name": "exception1",
"action": {"allow": {}},
"exempt_ip": [{"name": "trusted-server"}],
"time_attribute": {
"interval": 300,
"threshold": 5,
"track_by": "source-and-destination"
}
}]
}

response = profile.create(advanced_dict)
# Using model directlyfrom scm.models.security import (
VulnerabilityProfileCreateModel,
VulnerabilityProfileRuleModel,
VulnerabilityProfileThreatExceptionModel,
VulnerabilityProfileActionResponse,
VulnerabilityProfileBlockIpAction,
VulnerabilityProfileBlockIpTrackBy,
VulnerabilityProfileExemptIpEntry,
VulnerabilityProfileTimeAttribute,
VulnerabilityProfileTimeAttributeTrackBy
)

advanced_profile = VulnerabilityProfileCreateModel(
name="advanced-profile",
description="Profile with threat exceptions",
folder="Texas",
rules=[
VulnerabilityProfileRuleModel(
name="rule1",
action=VulnerabilityProfileActionResponse(root={
"block_ip": VulnerabilityProfileBlockIpAction(
track_by=VulnerabilityProfileBlockIpTrackBy.source,
duration=3600
).model_dump()
}),
severity=[VulnerabilityProfileSeverity.critical],
category=VulnerabilityProfileCategory.code_execution
)
],
threat_exception=[
VulnerabilityProfileThreatExceptionModel(
name="exception1",
action=VulnerabilityProfileActionResponse(root={"allow": {}}),
exempt_ip=[VulnerabilityProfileExemptIpEntry(name="trusted-server")],
time_attribute=VulnerabilityProfileTimeAttribute(
interval=300,
threshold=5,
track_by=VulnerabilityProfileTimeAttributeTrackBy.source_and_destination
)
)
]
)

payload = advanced_profile.model_dump(exclude_unset=True)
response = profile.create(payload)