Connect APVISO with Linear

How APVISO Integrates with Linear

APVISO's Linear integration brings security findings into the project management tool that modern engineering teams love. Linear's speed, keyboard-first design, and clean interface make it ideal for triaging and tracking vulnerability remediation alongside feature work.

Findings as Linear Issues

When APVISO's AI agents discover a vulnerability, the finding is automatically created as a Linear issue in your configured team. The issue leverages Linear's excellent markdown rendering to display:

• The vulnerability title and severity as the issue title and priority
• A detailed description with reproduction steps, affected endpoints, and HTTP request/response evidence
• Remediation guidance specific to the vulnerability type and technology stack
• Labels for the vulnerability category (e.g., security, xss, injection, auth)
• A link back to the full finding in APVISO with exploitation evidence and screenshots

Linear's markdown support means that code blocks, tables, and structured content from APVISO's reporter agent render beautifully — no formatting compromises when moving from the security tool to the issue tracker.

Priority Mapping and SLA Enforcement

APVISO's severity ratings map directly to Linear's priority system. By default: Critical maps to Urgent, High maps to High, Medium maps to Medium, and Low maps to Low. You can customize this mapping to match your organization's risk tolerance.

This priority mapping unlocks Linear's SLA features for security findings. Configure SLA rules so that Urgent-priority security issues must be triaged within 4 hours and resolved within 48 hours. High-priority issues might have a 24-hour triage SLA and a one-week resolution target. Linear tracks these SLAs automatically and alerts team leads when deadlines approach.

Team-Based Routing

Not all vulnerabilities belong to the same engineering team. APVISO's routing rules direct findings to the correct Linear team based on configurable criteria:

• By vulnerability type: XSS and CSRF findings go to the Frontend team; SQL injection and API authentication issues go to the Backend team; TLS and header misconfiguration findings go to the Platform team
• By target: Findings for different domains or subdomains route to the teams responsible for those services
• By severity: Critical findings go directly to the Security team for triage; Medium and Low findings go to the relevant engineering team's backlog

This routing eliminates the manual step of a security engineer reading each finding and assigning it to the right team. APVISO's agents have already categorized the vulnerability, and the routing rules translate that categorization into Linear team assignments.

Cycle Planning and Backlog Management

APVISO findings can be configured to land in specific Linear states that fit your workflow:

• Triage state: Findings arrive in Linear's triage inbox, where a security champion reviews them and accepts them into the team's active work. This is ideal for teams that want human review before committing to remediation.
• Backlog state: Findings go directly into the team's backlog, sorted by priority. Engineers pull security issues into their current cycle alongside feature work.
• Current cycle: Critical findings can be added directly to the active cycle, signaling that they should be addressed immediately.

This flexibility means APVISO adapts to your team's workflow rather than imposing a rigid process.

Closed-Loop Verification

The bi-directional sync between APVISO and Linear closes the remediation loop. When an engineer fixes a vulnerability and moves the Linear issue to the "Done" state, APVISO automatically schedules a targeted retest for that specific finding. The retest uses the same technique that originally discovered the vulnerability to verify that the fix is effective.

If the retest confirms the fix, APVISO adds a verification comment to the Linear issue confirming the remediation. If the vulnerability persists, APVISO moves the issue back to "In Progress" with a comment explaining what was retested and what still fails. This automated verification saves your security team from manually retesting every remediated finding.

Cross-Referencing and Audit Trail

APVISO maintains a link between every finding and its Linear issue. The APVISO dashboard shows which findings have been filed in Linear, their current status, and when they were last updated. This cross-reference provides a complete audit trail for compliance: you can demonstrate that every vulnerability was tracked, assigned, and remediated through a formal process.

For teams preparing for SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar audits, this integration produces the evidence trail that auditors look for — from automated discovery through issue tracking to verified remediation.