> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/292686) in GitLab 14.2.
FLAG:
On self-managed GitLab, by default this feature is not available. To make it available, ask an administrator to [enable the `vulnerability_flags` flag](../../../administration/feature_flags.md). On GitLab.com, this feature is available.
Vulnerabilities that have been detected and are false positives will be flagged as false positives in the security dashboard.
### Using CI/CD variables to pass credentials for private repositories