Security Definitions Undefined or Empty

• Query id: e3f026e8-fdb4-4d5a-bcfd-bd94452073fe
• Query name: Security Definitions Undefined or Empty
• Platform: OpenAPI
• Severity: High
• Category: Access Control
• CWE: 284
• URL: Github

Description

Security Definitions Object should be set and not empty
Documentation

Code samples

Code samples with security vulnerabilities

Positive test num. 1 - json file

{
  "swagger": "2.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "Simple API Overview",
    "version": "1.0.0"
  },
  "paths": {
    "/": {
      "get": {
        "operationId": "listVersionsv2",
        "summary": "List API versions",
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "200 response"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "securityDefinitions": {}
}

Positive test num. 2 - yaml file

swagger: "2.0"
info:
  title: Simple API Overview
  version: 1.0.0
paths:
  "/":
    get:
      operationId: listVersionsv2
      summary: List API versions
      responses:
        "200":
          description: 200 response
securityDefinitions: {}

Positive test num. 3 - json file

{
  "swagger": "2.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "Simple API Overview",
    "version": "1.0.0"
  },
  "paths": {
    "/": {
      "get": {
        "operationId": "listVersionsv2",
        "summary": "List API versions",
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "200 response"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Positive test num. 4 - yaml file

swagger: "2.0"
info:
  title: Simple API Overview
  version: 1.0.0
paths:
  "/":
    get:
      operationId: listVersionsv2
      summary: List API versions
      responses:
        "200":
          description: 200 response

Code samples without security vulnerabilities

Negative test num. 1 - json file

{
  "swagger": "2.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "Simple API Overview",
    "version": "1.0.0"
  },
  "paths": {
    "/": {
      "get": {
        "operationId": "listVersionsv2",
        "summary": "List API versions",
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "200 response"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "securityDefinitions": {
    "BasicAuth": {
      "type": "basic"
    },
    "ApiKeyAuth": {
      "type": "apiKey",
      "in": "header",
      "name": "X-API-Key"
    },
    "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",
        "admin": "Grants read and write access to administrative information"
      }
    }
  }
}

Negative test num. 2 - yaml file

swagger: "2.0"
info:
  title: Simple API Overview
  version: 1.0.0
paths:
  "/":
    get:
      operationId: listVersionsv2
      summary: List API versions
      responses:
        "200":
          description: 200 response
securityDefinitions:
  BasicAuth:
    type: basic
  ApiKeyAuth:
    type: apiKey
    in: header
    name: X-API-Key
  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
      admin: Grants read and write access to administrative information