Terrascan GitHub Action

This action runs Terrascan, the infrastructure as code (IaC) scanner for security best practices. It supports displaying the results of the scan in the GitHub repository's Security tab under code scanning alerts, when the sarif_upload input variable is included.

Where to get help

• To learn more about Terrascan's features and capabilities, see the documentation portal: https://runterrascan.io
• Join our community on Discord

Inputs for the GitHub Action

iac_type

Required IaC type (helm, k8s, kustomize, terraform).

iac_dir

Path to a directory containing one or more IaC files. Default ".".

iac_version

IaC version (helm: v3, k8s: v1, kustomize: v3, terraform: v12, v14).

non_recursive

Do not scan directories and modules recursively

policy_path

Policy path directory for custom policies.

policy_type

Policy type (all, aws, azure, gcp, github, k8s). Default all.

skip_rules

One or more rules to skip while scanning (example: "ruleID1,ruleID2").

config_path

Config file path.

only_warn

The action will only warn and not error when violations are found.

sarif_upload

If this variable is included, a sarif file named terrascan.sarif will be generated with the results of the scan.

verbose

If this variable is included, the scan will show violations with additional details (Rule Name/ID, Resource Name/Type, Violation Category)

find_vulnerabilities

If provided, the scan output will display vulnerabilities for Docker images present in the IaC files.

scm_token

If provided, Terrascan will use the provided access token to retrieve private repositories from your source code management system.

webhook_url

If this variable is included, the scan results and the normalized config will be sent to the specified URL. If the variable is set along with config_path, then configs from the config path will be ignored.

webhook_token

Included this variable if the notification webhook url requires authentication.

Example usage

on: [push]

jobs:
  terrascan_job:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: terrascan-action
    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Run Terrascan
      id: terrascan
      uses: tenable/terrascan-action@main
      with:
        iac_type: 'terraform'
        iac_version: 'v14'
        policy_type: 'aws'
        only_warn: true
        #scm_token: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
        #verbose: true
        #sarif_upload: true
        #non_recursive:
        #iac_dir:
        #policy_path:
        #skip_rules:
        #config_path:
        #find_vulnerabilities:
        #webhook_url:
        #webhook_token:

Integration with GitHub Code Scanning

Using the SARIF output option, the results of the scan will be displayed in the security tab of the repository being scanned. The example below shows how to accomplish this. More information on GitHub code scanning is available here.

on: [push]

jobs:
  terrascan_job:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: terrascan-action
    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Run Terrascan
      id: terrascan
      uses: tenable/terrascan-action@main
      with:
        iac_type: 'terraform'
        iac_version: 'v14'
        policy_type: 'aws'
        only_warn: true
        sarif_upload: true
        #non_recursive:
        #iac_dir:
        #policy_path:
        #skip_rules:
        #config_path:
        #webhook_url:
        #webhook_token:
    - name: Upload SARIF file
      uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v1
      with:
        sarif_file: terrascan.sarif

Using Docker Image

This repository publishes the tenable/terrascan-action Docker image. The image can be used to easily integrate Terrascan with the inputs accepted by GitHub Action into other CI/CD systems.