Project: KICS (Provisioning / Security & Compliance)
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title: API Key Exposed In Operation Security (v3) hide: toc: true navigation: true <style> .highlight .hll { background-color: #ff171742; } .md-content { max-width: 1100px; margin: 0 auto; } </style> Query id: 281b8071-6226-4a43-911d-fec246d422c2 Query name: API Key Exposed In Operation Security (v3) Platform: OpenAPI Severity: <span style="color:#edd57e">Low</span> Category: Access Control URL: API Keys should be transported using a secure method such as HTTPS. Define a security scheme that uses a secure method to transport the API key.<br> ```json title="Positive test num. 1 - json file" hl_lines="16 14 15" { "openapi": "3.0.0", "info": { "title": "Simple API overview", "version": "1.0.0" }, "paths": { "/pets": { "post": { "description": "Creates a new pet in the store", "operationId": "addPet", "security": [ { "apiKey1": [], "apiKey2": [], "apiKey3": [] } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "200 response" } } } } }, "components": { "securitySchemes": { "apiKey1": { "type": "apiKey", "name": "X-API-Key", "in": "header" }, "apiKey2": { "type": "apiKey", "name": "X-API-Key", "in": "cookie" }, "apiKey3": { "type": "apiKey", "name": "X-API-Key", "in": "query" } } } } ``` ```yaml title="Positive test num. 2 - yaml file" hl_lines="11 12 13" openapi: 3.0.0 info: title: Simple API overview version: 1.0.0 paths: /pets: post: description: Creates a new pet in the store operationId: addPet security: apiKey1: [] apiKey2: [] apiKey3: [] responses: "200": description: 200 response components: securitySchemes: apiKey1: type: apiKey name: X-API-Key in: header apiKey2: type: apiKey name: X-API-Key in: cookie apiKey3: type: apiKey name: X-API-Key in: query ``` ```json title="Positive test num. 3 - json file" hl_lines="14 15" { "swagger": "2.0", "info": { "title": "Simple API overview", "version": "1.0.0" }, "paths": { "/pets": { "post": { "description": "Creates a new pet in the store", "operationId": "addPet", "security": [ { "apiKey1": [], "apiKey3": [] } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "200 response" } } } } }, "securityDefinitions": { "apiKey1": { "type": "apiKey", "name": "X-API-Key", "in": "header" }, "apiKey3": { "type": "apiKey", "name": "X-API-Key", "in": "query" } } } ``` <details><summary>Positive test num. 4 - yaml file</summary> ```yaml hl_lines="11 12" swagger: "2.0" info: title: Simple API overview version:

paths: /pets: post: description: Creates a new pet in the store operationId: addPet security: apiKey1: [] apiKey3: [] responses: "200": description: 200 response securityDefinitions: apiKey1: type: apiKey name: X-API-Key in: header apiKey3: type: apiKey name: X-API-Key in: query ``` </details> ```json title="Negative test num. 1 - json file" { "openapi": "3.0.0", "info": { "version": "1.0.0", "title": "Simple API overview" }, "paths": { "/pets": { "post": { "description": "Creates a new pet in the store", "operationId": "addPet", "security": [ { "OAuth2": [ "write", "read" ] } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "200 response" } } } } }, "components": { "securitySchemes": { "OAuth2": { "type": "oauth2", "flows": { "authorizationCode": { "scopes": { "write": "modify objects in your account", "read": "read objects in your account" }, "authorizationUrl": "https://example.com/oauth/authorize", "tokenUrl": "https://example.com/oauth/token" } } } } } } ``` ```yaml title="Negative test num. 2 - yaml file" openapi: 3.0.0 info: title: Simple API overview version: 1.0.0 paths: /pets: post: description: Creates a new pet in the store operationId: addPet security: OAuth2: write read responses: "200": description: 200 response components: securitySchemes: OAuth2: type: oauth2 flows: authorizationCode: scopes: write: modify objects in your account read: read objects in your account authorizationUrl: https://example.com/oauth/authorize tokenUrl: https://example.com/oauth/token ``` ```json title="Negative test num. 3 - json file" { "swagger": "2.0", "info": { "version": "1.0.0", "title": "Simple API overview" }, "paths": { "/pets": { "post": { "description": "Creates a new pet in the store", "operationId": "addPet", "security": [ { "OAuth2": [ "write", "read" ] } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "200 response" } } } } }, "securityDefinitions": { "OAuth2": { "type": "oauth2", "flow": "accessCode", "authorizationUrl": "https://example.com/oauth/authorize", "tokenUrl": "https://example.com/oauth/token", "scopes": { "read": "Grants read access", "write": "Grants write access" } } } } ``` <details><summary>Negative test num. 4 - yaml file</summary> ```yaml swagger: "2.0" info: title: Simple API overview version: 1.0.0 paths: /pets: post: description: Creates a new pet in the store operationId: addPet security: OAuth2: write read responses: "200": description: 200 response securityDefinitions: OAuth2: type: oauth2 flow: accessCode authorizationUrl: https://example.com/oauth/authorize tokenUrl: https://example.com/oauth/token scopes: read: Grants read access write: Grants write access ``` </details> <details><summary>Negative test num. 5 - yaml file</summary> ```yaml openapi: "3.0.1" info: title: "test" version: "1.0" servers: url: "https://@API-GW-ID.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/{basePath}" variables: basePath: default: "/api" paths: /address: get: summary: test description: test security: apiKey1: [ ] authorizer: [ ] responses: '200': description: test content: text/plain: schema: type: string components: securitySchemes: authorizer: type: "apiKey" name: "authorization" in: "header" ``` </details>