OX Security Scan GitHub Action

A GitHub Action for using OX Security to scan for vulnerabilities in your software projects. Scans include searching for secrets, SAST issues, SCA and Open Source dependecy issues, IaC issues, etc. Scans can be configured to highlight critical issues or automatically block risks introduced into the codebase as part of your pipeline based on security policies. Security policies can be configured per repository in the OX Security application.

If you want to learn more, contact us at support@ox.security.

You can use the Action as follows:

name: Example workflow with OX Security Scan
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize]
    branches:
      - main
jobs:
  security:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Run OX Security Scan to check for vulnerabilities
        with:
          ox_api_key: ${{ secrets.OX_API_KEY }}
        uses: oxsecurity/ox-security-scan@main

Generating an OX Security API key

The Actions example above refers to an OX Security API key:

with:
  ox_api_key: ${{ secrets.OX_API_KEY }}

Once you login to your OX Security account, an API key can be generated on the API key settings tab of the Settings page. This is the only required input the action expects.

Inputs

You can modify the action's behavior with the inputs listed below. Workflow files must use the with keyword to set an input value. For more information about the with syntax, see "Workflow syntax for GitHub Actions".

ox_override_blocking

Default: false

To override a step failure on a blocking issue, set ox_override_blocking to true.

with:
  ox_override_blocking: true

---

ox_timeout

Default: 20

Timeout in minutes after which the OX Security scan will be canceled. If a timeout occurs, step failure will depend on the value of ox_fail_on_timeout option.

with:
  ox_timeout: 20

---

ox_fail_on_timeout

Default: false

To have a scan timeout cause a step failure, set ox_fail_on_timeout to true.

with:
  ox_fail_on_timeout: true

---

ox_fail_on_error

Default: false

To have an error (i.e. network, infrastructure) cause a step failure, set ox_fail_on_error to true.

with:
  ox_fail_on_error: true