--- title: "Custom severity mapping" description: "Custom severity mapping If a scanner has the same severity types as AppSec Portal, then this option is not required. However, if the scanner has its…" url: https://whitespots.io/docs/whitespots-wiki/appsec-portal/general-portal-settings/scanner-settings/custom-severity-mapping slug: whitespots-wiki/appsec-portal/general-portal-settings/scanner-settings/custom-severity-mapping publish_date: 2025-11-13T18:00:34.000Z last_modified: 2025-11-13T18:00:34.000Z --- # Custom severity mapping # Custom severity mapping If a scanner has the same severity types as AppSec Portal, then this option is not required. However, if the scanner has its _own_ severity types in its reports, they can be mapped to the Portal types. If other severity types are not mapped (and you probably want to combine them into one), they can be assigned to any of the portal's types as the **default** severity.

Severity mapping for CodeQL scanner

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