Overview

The Cloud Misconfiguration Scanner is a security-focused API that analyzes cloud infrastructure configurations to identify potential security risks, compliance violations, and operational misconfigurations. It connects to major cloud providers and performs comprehensive audits of your cloud environment without requiring direct infrastructure changes.

This tool is essential for security teams, DevOps engineers, and cloud architects who need continuous visibility into their cloud security posture. By automating configuration scanning, it reduces the time and effort required for manual security assessments while providing detailed, actionable remediation guidance. The scanner integrates seamlessly with multi-cloud environments and supports automated compliance reporting workflows.

Ideal users include organizations managing infrastructure across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or hybrid cloud environments; security and compliance teams performing regular audits; and enterprises implementing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) security practices.

Usage

Sample Request:

{
  "provider": "aws",
  "credentials": {
    "access_key_id": "AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE",
    "secret_access_key": "wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY",
    "region": "us-east-1"
  }
}

Sample Response:

{
  "scan_id": "scan_1234567890",
  "provider": "aws",
  "status": "completed",
  "timestamp": "2024-01-15T10:30:45Z",
  "findings": [
    {
      "id": "MISCFG-001",
      "severity": "high",
      "category": "access_control",
      "resource": "s3://my-bucket-prod",
      "issue": "S3 bucket has public read access enabled",
      "recommendation": "Update bucket policy to restrict public access",
      "compliance_impact": ["PCI-DSS", "HIPAA"]
    },
    {
      "id": "MISCFG-002",
      "severity": "medium",
      "category": "encryption",
      "resource": "rds-instance-main",
      "issue": "Database encryption at rest is disabled",
      "recommendation": "Enable RDS encryption and rotate master key",
      "compliance_impact": ["SOC2"]
    }
  ],
  "summary": {
    "total_resources_scanned": 247,
    "misconfiguration_count": 12,
    "high_severity": 2,
    "medium_severity": 5,
    "low_severity": 5
  }
}

Endpoints

POST /scan-cloud-config

Initiates a comprehensive security scan of cloud infrastructure configurations for the specified provider.

Method: POST

Path: /scan-cloud-config

Description: Scans cloud configurations and identifies security misconfigurations, compliance violations, and operational risks across the target environment.

Request Parameters:

Response Shape (HTTP 200):

{
  "scan_id": "string",
  "provider": "string",
  "status": "string",
  "timestamp": "string",
  "findings": [
    {
      "id": "string",
      "severity": "string",
      "category": "string",
      "resource": "string",
      "issue": "string",
      "recommendation": "string",
      "compliance_impact": ["string"]
    }
  ],
  "summary": {
    "total_resources_scanned": "integer",
    "misconfiguration_count": "integer",
    "high_severity": "integer",
    "medium_severity": "integer",
    "low_severity": "integer"
  }
}

Error Response (HTTP 422 - Validation Error):

{
  "detail": [
    {
      "loc": ["body", "provider"],
      "msg": "field required",
      "type": "value_error.missing"
    }
  ]
}

Pricing

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References

• Kong Route: https://api.mkkpro.com/security/cloud-misconfig-scanner
• API Docs: https://api.mkkpro.com:8018/docs