Alternatives to APIsec on Echo

This scanner operates as a black-box solution, requiring no agents, SDKs, or framework-specific instrumentation. It submits requests to a reachable URL and analyzes responses, making it applicable to services built with Echo as well as other frameworks. Because it does not need access to source code or a build pipeline, it fits into existing test and deployment workflows without requiring changes to how the Echo application is packaged or deployed.

The scanner evaluates 12 security categories aligned to OWASP API Top 10 (2023). For services implemented with Echo, it checks authentication bypasses, JWT misconfigurations such as alg=none or HS256 with weak secrets, IDOR via sequential ID probing, and over-exposed data fields that can indicate insufficient property authorization. Input validation checks include CORS wildcard usage with credentials, dangerous HTTP methods, and debug endpoints. Additional coverage spans rate-limiting headers, PII and API key exposure, HTTPS and HSTS enforcement, SSRF indicators in URL-accepting parameters, and unsafe consumption patterns such as excessive third-party callbacks.

When provided with an OpenAPI definition, the parser supports OpenAPI 3.0, 3.1, and Swagger 2.0 with recursive $ref resolution. It cross-references the spec against runtime behavior to surface undefined security schemes, deprecated operations, and missing pagination or rate-limiting definitions. For authenticated scans, supported methods include Bearer tokens, API keys, Basic auth, and cookies. Domain verification is enforced through DNS TXT records or an HTTP well-known file to ensure only the domain owner can submit credentials, and forwarded headers are limited to Authorization, X-API-Key, Cookie, and X-Custom-* headers.

The scanner does not execute intrusive payloads, so it does not perform active SQL injection or command injection testing. It does not detect business logic vulnerabilities that require an understanding of Echo-specific routing or domain-specific workflows, nor does it assess blind SSRF due to the absence of out-of-band infrastructure validation. It also does not replace a human pentester for high-stakes audits, and findings should be reviewed in the context of the application’s data flow and threat model.

Findings map directly to PCI-DSS 4.0, SOC 2 Type II, and OWASP API Top 10 (2023). The tool helps you prepare for audits by surfacing findings relevant to controls described in these frameworks, though it does not certify compliance. Integrations include a web dashboard for trend tracking, a CLI via the middlebrick npm package with JSON or text output, a GitHub Action that can fail builds on score degradation, an MCP server for AI coding assistants, and programmatic access through an API client. Continuous monitoring options support scheduled rescans and HMAC-SHA256 signed webhooks with failure auto-disable.