AquilaX Security API Code Configuration Scan
Secure Your APIs at the Specification Layer — Before They Go Live
AquilaX scans your API declarations (OpenAPI / Swagger) to detect security misconfigurations, unsafe defaults, and design-level weaknesses — ensuring the contract you publish is as secure as the code you deploy.
Prevent insecure API exposure at the contract level
Your OpenAPI spec is your API’s public promise. If the spec is permissive, ambiguous, or missing security requirements, you can ship vulnerable APIs even when implementation looks “fine.” AquilaX validates the declaration so the published contract enforces secure behavior.
Find misconfigurations before production traffic hits
Misdeclared authentication, weak security schemes, overly broad scopes, unsafe content types, missing rate-limit guidance, and risky CORS patterns often slip through PRs. AquilaX scans OpenAPI/Swagger files during CI/CD to catch these issues early.
Make API security reviews fast and repeatable
Instead of manual checklist reviews, AquilaX produces consistent, developer-friendly feedback directly on the spec: what’s wrong, why it matters, and how to fix it — enabling practical security gates teams keep enabled.
What Does AquilaX Validate in OpenAPI / Swagger?
AquilaX understands API specifications as security-critical configuration. It inspects endpoints, auth declarations, schemas, and metadata to uncover design-level issues that lead to real-world exploits.
Specification Coverage
- • OpenAPI 2.0 / Swagger and OpenAPI 3.x specifications
- • Paths, operations, parameters, request/response schemas
- • Security schemes (OAuth2, API keys, JWT/Bearer, mTLS)
- • Global vs operation-level auth requirements
- • CORS, content-types, and request size assumptions
- • Error handling and information leakage in responses
- • Data exposure risks in schema definitions
- • Consistency checks across versions and environments
Common Security Misconfigurations Detected
- • Missing authentication on sensitive endpoints
- • Overly broad OAuth scopes or inconsistent scope enforcement
- • “Optional” auth where it should be mandatory
- • Insecure or deprecated security scheme declarations
- • Unsafe request schemas enabling injection or mass assignment
- • Excessive data returned by default (overexposure)
- • Weak validation constraints (missing formats, min/max, enums)
- • Misleading documentation that causes insecure client usage
Secure APIs Start With Secure Specs
Many API issues are born at design time: missing auth requirements, insecure defaults, and unsafe schema choices. Scanning the spec catches problems early—before code is written, clients integrate, or endpoints become public.
- • Reduce broken access control risk
- • Prevent insecure client integrations
- • Improve consistency across microservices
- • Make governance and API reviews repeatable
CI/CD-Friendly, Developer-Ready Output
AquilaX is designed to run where developers work. Scan specs in PRs and pipelines, gate releases for critical issues, and keep a structured history of what changed and why.
- • Fast feedback in pull requests
- • Practical severity thresholds for release gating
- • Clear remediation guidance and secure defaults
- • Better audit readiness for API security controls
Publish APIs You Can Trust
AquilaX API Code Configuration Scan validates your OpenAPI/Swagger contracts to prevent insecure API exposure and make security requirements explicit — before clients integrate and before endpoints reach production traffic.
Secure your API declarations with automated, design-level security validation.
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