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Boost Security Scanner

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Boost Security Scanner

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Boost Security Scanner

Scans a repository for security vulneratibilities

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: Boost Security Scanner

              
  uses: boostsecurityio/boostsec-scanner-github@v4
Learn more about this action in boostsecurityio/boostsec-scanner-github

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Boost Security Scanner Action

Executes the Boost Security Scanner cli tool to scan repositories for vulnerabilities and uploads results to the Boost Security API.

Example

Add the following to your .github/workflows/boostsecurity.yml:

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master

  pull_request:
    branches:
      - master
    types:
      - opened
      - synchronize

jobs:
  scan_job:
    name: Boost Security Scanner
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: BoostSecurity Scanner
        uses: boostsecurityio/boostsec-scanner-github@v4
        with:
          api_endpoint: https://api.boostsecurity.net
          api_token: ${{ secrets.BOOST_API_KEY }}

Configuration

additional_args (Optional, str)

Additional CLI args to pass to the boost cli.

api_enabled (Optional, boolean string, default true)

Enable or disable boost uploading results to the boost api

api_endpoint (Optional, string)

Overrides the API endpoint url

api_token (Required, string)

The Boost Security API token secret.

NOTE: We recommend you not put the API token directly in your pipeline.yml file. Instead, it should be exposed via a secret.

cli_version (Optional, string)

Overrides the cli version to download when performing scans. If undefined, this will default to pulling "1".

ignore_failure (Optional, boolean string, default false)

Ignore any non-zero exit status and always return a success.

log_level (Optional, string, default INFO)

Change the CLI logging level.

main_branch (Optional, string)

The name of the main branch that PRs would merge into. This is automatically detected by querying the git server.

pre_scan_cmd (Optional, string)

Optional command to execute prior to scanning. This may be used to generate additional files that are not tracked in git.

registry_module (Required, string)

The relative path towards a module within the Scanner Registry. To streamline the configuration, both the scanners prefix and module.yaml suffix may be omitted.

scanner_id (Optional, string)

Optional identifier to uniquely identify the scanner

scan_label (Optional, string)

Optional identifier to identify a monorepo component

scan_path (Optional, string)

Optional path within the git repository to execute scanners in.

When this parameter is specified, you must also provide a scan_label to identify the component.

scan_timeout (Optional, number) deprecated

The optional timeout after which the Github check will be marked as failed. This defaults to 120 seconds.

scan_diff_timeout (Optional, number)

The optional timeout on a diff scan after which the Github check will be marked as failed. This defaults to 120 seconds.

scan_main_timeout (Optional, number)

The optional timeout on a main scan after which the Github check will be marked as failed. This defaults to 2 hours.