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title: Refresh Vulnerability Response vulnerable items
description: The Update status related link is used to have vulnerable items inspected to see if there are any additional vulnerable items that belong to a remediation task. Use it if an update is warranted outside the scheduled job.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response/refresh-vuln-items.html
release: australia
product: Vulnerability Response
classification: vulnerability-response
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Manage individual vulnerable items manually, Vulnerability Response remediation overview, Vulnerability Response, Unified Security Exposure Management, Security Operations]
---

# Refresh Vulnerability Response vulnerable items

The **Update status** related link is used to have vulnerable items inspected to see if there are any additional vulnerable items that belong to a remediation task. Use it if an update is warranted outside the scheduled job.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_vul.vulnerability\_write or, sn\_vul.vulnerability\_admin or sn\_vul.admin \(deprecated\)

Persona and granular roles are available to help you manage what users and groups can see and do in the Vulnerability Response application. For an initial assignment of the persona roles in Setup Assistant, see [Assign the Vulnerability Response persona roles using Setup Assistant](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response/vr-assign-personas_SA.md). For more information about managing granular roles, see [Manage persona and granular roles for Vulnerability Response](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/security-management/vulnerability-response/vr_manage_granular-roles.md).

## About this task

The **Update status** related link is only editable on the remediation task form in the **Open** or **Under Investigation** states, using a filter group or where the filter type is condition. This inspection is done regardless of the status of the **Automatically refresh vulnerable items** check box.

Starting with v22.0 of Vulnerability Response, the **Update Status** button is available in record view for remediation tasks in the Vulnerability Manager Workspace and IT Remediation Workspace.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Vulnerability Response** > **Remediation Tasks**.

2.  Open any record in the **Open** or **Under Investigation** states.

3.  Click the **Update status** link.

    New vulnerable items appear under the **Vulnerable Items** tab.