diff --git a/scripts/vulnerability_report.py b/scripts/vulnerability_report.py
index 4cc0d35db..b541919b6 100644
--- a/scripts/vulnerability_report.py
+++ b/scripts/vulnerability_report.py
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
 repositories.
 
 # Usage:
-usage: vulnerability_report.py [-h] [-v] --organization ORGANIZATION
-                   --repository REPOSITORY [-r] [-g] [-p]
-                   [-c COMPARISON [COMPARISON ...]]
+usage: vulnerability_report.py [-h] [-v] [--organization ORGANIZATION]
+                               [--repository REPOSITORY] [-r]
+                               [-s {auto_dismissed,dismissed,fixed,open}] [-a]
+                               [-g] [-svg] [-png] [-p]
+                               [-c COMPARISON [COMPARISON ...]]
 
 Vulnerability report tool
 
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@
                         GitHub repository.
   -r, --retrieve-issues
                         Retrieve issues
+  -s, --state {auto_dismissed,dismissed,fixed,open}
+                        Filter just issues with specified state during retrieval
   -a, --all-actions     Retrieve issues for all LCore repositories, generates graphs and reports
   -g, --generate-graphs
                         Generate graphs with vulnerabilities info
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@
 from collections import Counter
 from datetime import datetime
 from statistics import median
-from typing import Any
+from typing import Any, Optional
 
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import pandas as pd
@@ -103,6 +107,14 @@ def create_argument_parser() -> ArgumentParser:
         help="Retrieve issues",
     )
 
+    cli_parser.add_argument(
+        "-s",
+        "--state",
+        default=None,
+        choices=["auto_dismissed", "dismissed", "fixed", "open"],
+        help="Filter just issues with specified state during retrieval",
+    )
+
     cli_parser.add_argument(
         "-a",
         "--all-actions",
@@ -745,7 +757,12 @@ def is_valid_github_org_repo(name: str) -> bool:
     return bool(re.fullmatch(r"[A-Za-z0-9_.-]+", name))
 
 
-def retrieve_issues(organization: str, repository: str, dependabot_file: str) -> int:
+def retrieve_issues(
+    organization: str,
+    repository: str,
+    dependabot_file: str,
+    state_filter: Optional[str],
+) -> int:
     """
     Retrieve all Dependabot alerts for a GitHub repository and save them to a JSON file.
 
@@ -780,9 +797,9 @@ def retrieve_issues(organization: str, repository: str, dependabot_file: str) ->
         print("Repository name is not correct")
         return 2
 
-    TOKEN = os.environ.get("GITHUB_TOKEN")
+    GITHUB_TOKEN = os.environ.get("GITHUB_TOKEN")
 
-    if TOKEN is None:
+    if GITHUB_TOKEN is None:
         print("GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable must be set!")
         return 1
 
@@ -793,8 +810,13 @@ def retrieve_issues(organization: str, repository: str, dependabot_file: str) ->
 
     url = f"https://api.github.com/repos/{organization}/{repository}/dependabot/alerts"
 
+    request_params = {}
+
+    if state_filter is not None:
+        request_params["state"] = state_filter
+
     headers = {
-        "Authorization": f"Bearer {TOKEN}",
+        "Authorization": f"Bearer {GITHUB_TOKEN}",
         "Accept": "application/vnd.github+json",
         "X-GitHub-Api-Version": "2022-11-28",
     }
@@ -806,7 +828,18 @@ def retrieve_issues(organization: str, repository: str, dependabot_file: str) ->
         try:
             while url:
                 print("Retrieving data from URL:", url)
-                r = requests.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=10)
+                r = requests.get(
+                    url, headers=headers, timeout=10, params=request_params
+                )
+
+                # params with state filter need to be passed just for the 1st call
+                # when paginating through Dependabot alerts, request_params
+                # (containing the state filter) is re-sent on every iteration
+                # of the while url loop. GitHub pagination Link headers return
+                # fully-qualified next-page URLs that already include query
+                # parameters.
+                request_params = {}
+
                 r.raise_for_status()
                 data = r.json()
 
@@ -839,6 +872,7 @@ def retrieve_issues(organization: str, repository: str, dependabot_file: str) ->
 def process_issues_for_repository(
     organization: str,
     repository: str,
+    state_filter: Optional[str],
     dependabot_file: str,
     svg_output: bool,
     png_output: bool,
@@ -851,6 +885,7 @@ def process_issues_for_repository(
     Parameters:
         organization (str): name of GitHub organization
         repository (str): name of GitHub repository
+        state_filter (str): used to filter issues with specified state
         dependabot_file (str): file to store Dependabot issues
         svg_output (bool): if set to true, CVE statistic is exported into SVG graphs
         png_output (bool): if set to true, CVE statistic is exported into PNG graphs
@@ -865,7 +900,9 @@ def process_issues_for_repository(
     result = 0
     if retrieve_issues_operation:
         # retrieve issues
-        result += retrieve_issues(organization, repository, dependabot_file)
+        result += retrieve_issues(
+            organization, repository, dependabot_file, state_filter
+        )
 
     if result > 0:
         print("Error retrieving issues")
@@ -923,6 +960,7 @@ def main() -> int:
             errors += process_issues_for_repository(
                 organization,
                 repository,
+                args.state,
                 dependabot_file,
                 args.svg_output,
                 args.png_output,
@@ -935,6 +973,7 @@ def main() -> int:
     return process_issues_for_repository(
         args.organization,
         args.repository,
+        args.state,
         dependabot_file,
         args.svg_output,
         args.png_output,