security-review-owasp-rest-assessment

Analyze REST security risks across code, configuration, architecture, and deployment controls.

Updated Mar 26, 2026
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Skill: security-review-owasp-rest-assessment
Source: https://github.com/sjinks/ai-owasp-skillset/tree/main/.github/skills/security-review-owasp-rest-assessment
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/sjinks/ai-owasp-skillset --skill security-review-owasp-rest-assessment

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

This Skill helps reviewers assess REST-related security risks across code, configuration, architecture, and operational controls using OWASP REST Assessment guidance.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Trust Boundary Review: Identify unsafe defaults, privilege sprawl, exposed management surfaces, and boundary failures that expand attacker reach.
  • Deployment and Dependency Assessment: Check tenancy isolation, environment hardening, secret handling, and dependency trust assumptions that affect real-world exposure.
  • Evidence-Based Reporting: Produce confirmed findings, review gaps, and passed checks using concrete evidence from implementation details and observable behavior.

Quick Start

Ask this skill to review the selected REST service or deployment for OWASP REST Assessment risks and return confirmed findings, review gaps, and passed checks.

Frequently Asked Questions about security-review-owasp-rest-assessment

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I review REST API security risks for trust boundaries and privilege sprawl?

Review REST API security by analyzing code, configuration, architecture, and deployment controls to identify unsafe defaults, privilege sprawl, and exposed management surfaces. This confirms boundary failures and validates attacker reach limitations.

What is an OWASP REST assessment and when do I need it?

An OWASP REST assessment evaluates REST services for security risks across trust boundaries, tenancy isolation, and dependency trust assumptions. You need it when reviewing deployment controls, environment hardening, and secret handling to ensure real-world exposure is minimized.

How do I check tenancy isolation and deployment controls in a REST service?

Check tenancy isolation by assessing environment hardening, secret handling, and dependency trust assumptions within the REST service architecture. This confirms whether deployment configurations properly isolate tenants and restrict unauthorized access.

Can I get evidence-based security findings for my REST API code review?

Yes, you can produce evidence-based security findings by extracting concrete evidence from implementation details and observable behavior during the REST API code review. This yields confirmed findings, review gaps, and passed checks aligned to OWASP guidance.

What's the best way to prioritize REST API security vulnerabilities by severity?

Prioritize REST API security vulnerabilities by evaluating confirmed findings against severity levels derived from trust boundary failures and exposed management surfaces. This severity prioritization highlights review gaps and passed checks aligned to OWASP REST Assessment guidance.

Does this REST security review cover dependency risk and environment hardening?

Yes, the REST security review covers dependency risk and environment hardening by assessing dependency trust assumptions, secret handling, and tenancy isolation. This deployment and dependency assessment evaluates real-world exposure across operational controls.