Ironfang Security Service API

Whether Security is available, and the limits that apply.

Operations 3

GET /v1/status Service status and limits #
GET /v1/overview Security overview #
GET /v1/scan-policy Current scan policy #

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OpenAPI Specification

ironfang-security-service-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Ironfang Security Service API
  version: 0.1.0
  summary: External Security Check - verify a domain, run a low-impact external assessment, fix and recheck findings.
  description: 'Ironfang Security helps an organisation understand what it exposes to

    the internet, fix what matters and keep evidence that it did.'
  contact:
    name: Ironfang
    email: hello@ironfang.uk
    url: https://ironfang.com/contact
  termsOfService: https://ironfang.com/legal/terms
  license:
    name: Proprietary - use governed by the Ironfang terms of service
    url: https://ironfang.com/legal/terms
servers:
- url: https://api.ironfang.com/security
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Service
  description: Whether Security is available, and the limits that apply.
paths:
  /v1/status:
    get:
      tags:
      - Service
      operationId: getStatus
      summary: Service status and limits
      description: Whether Security is enabled, paused or switched off, the free-tier limits that apply, and the scanner's identity (User-Agent and source addresses) for allowlisting.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Status.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ServiceStatus'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
  /v1/overview:
    get:
      tags:
      - Service
      operationId: getOverview
      summary: Security overview
      description: The organisation's domains, open findings by severity, the latest scan, the top recommended actions and recent activity.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Overview.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Overview'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
  /v1/scan-policy:
    get:
      tags:
      - Service
      operationId: getScanPolicy
      summary: Current scan policy
      description: What the External Security Check includes and never does, and the statement the organisation confirms to authorise it.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The current policy.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScanPolicy'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Problem'
components:
  schemas:
    ScanSummary:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - domain_id
      - domain
      - kind
      - status
      - requested_at
      - progress
      - counts
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        domain_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        domain:
          type: string
        kind:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScanKind'
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScanStatus'
        requested_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        started_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        finished_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        duration_ms:
          type: integer
        progress:
          type: object
          required:
          - total
          - completed
          properties:
            total:
              type: integer
            completed:
              type: integer
        counts:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScanCounts'
        changes:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScanChanges'
        recheck_finding_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        status_reason:
          type: string
          description: Why a scan was cancelled, stopped or failed.
    SeverityCounts:
      type: object
      required:
      - critical
      - high
      - medium
      - low
      - info
      properties:
        critical:
          type: integer
        high:
          type: integer
        medium:
          type: integer
        low:
          type: integer
        info:
          type: integer
    ServiceStatus:
      type: object
      required:
      - state
      - preview
      - limits
      - scanner
      properties:
        state:
          type: string
          enum:
          - enabled
          - scans_paused
          - disabled
        message:
          type: string
          description: Shown to customers while paused or disabled.
        preview:
          type: boolean
          description: True while Security is a free preview.
        limits:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Limits'
        scanner:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScannerIdentity'
    ScanChanges:
      type: object
      required:
      - new
      - fixed
      - reopened
      properties:
        new:
          type: integer
        fixed:
          type: integer
        reopened:
          type: integer
    Limits:
      type: object
      required:
      - max_domains
      - max_pending_verifications
      - full_scan_cooldown_seconds
      - max_scans_per_day
      - max_concurrent_scans
      - recheck_cooldown_seconds
      - manual_verification_interval_seconds
      - verification_ttl_seconds
      properties:
        max_domains:
          type: integer
        max_pending_verifications:
          type: integer
        full_scan_cooldown_seconds:
          type: integer
        max_scans_per_day:
          type: integer
        max_concurrent_scans:
          type: integer
        recheck_cooldown_seconds:
          type: integer
        manual_verification_interval_seconds:
          type: integer
        verification_ttl_seconds:
          type: integer
    ScanBlockedReason:
      type: string
      description: Why a scan cannot start now.
      enum:
      - verification_required
      - authorisation_required
      - policy_outdated
      - scan_in_progress
      - scan_cooldown
      - daily_limit_reached
      - organisation_suspended
      - scans_paused
      - security_disabled
    ActivityItem:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - at
      - action
      - actor
      - summary
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        action:
          type: string
          description: e.g. domain.added, domain.verified, authorisation.recorded, scan.started, scan.completed, finding.status_changed.
        actor:
          type: object
          required:
          - kind
          - label
          properties:
            kind:
              type: string
              enum:
              - user
              - staff
              - system
            label:
              type: string
        subject:
          type: object
          required:
          - kind
          - id
          - label
          properties:
            kind:
              type: string
              enum:
              - domain
              - scan
              - finding
            id:
              type: string
              format: uuid
            label:
              type: string
        summary:
          type: string
    Severity:
      type: string
      enum:
      - critical
      - high
      - medium
      - low
      - info
    Overview:
      type: object
      required:
      - state
      - domains
      - open_findings
      - recommended_actions
      - recent_activity
      - limits
      properties:
        state:
          type: string
          enum:
          - enabled
          - scans_paused
          - disabled
        message:
          type: string
        domains:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DomainSummary'
        open_findings:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SeverityCounts'
        latest_scan:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScanSummary'
        recommended_actions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RecommendedAction'
        recent_activity:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ActivityItem'
        limits:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Limits'
    VerificationStatus:
      type: string
      enum:
      - waiting
      - checking
      - verified
      - failed
      - expired
      - lapsed
    ScanStatus:
      type: string
      enum:
      - queued
      - running
      - completed
      - partial
      - failed
      - cancelled
      - killed
    Confidence:
      type: string
      description: How sure Ironfang is. `low` is presented as "potential".
      enum:
      - confirmed
      - high
      - medium
      - low
    ScanPolicy:
      type: object
      required:
      - version
      - title
      - summary
      - included
      - excluded
      - statement
      - statement_version
      - terms_url
      - scanner
      - disclaimer
      properties:
        version:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        summary:
          type: string
        included:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PolicyItem'
        excluded:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PolicyItem'
        statement:
          type: string
        statement_version:
          type: string
        terms_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        scanner:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScannerIdentity'
        disclaimer:
          type: string
    Problem:
      type: object
      required:
      - error
      - request_id
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
          - code
          - message
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              description: 'Stable error code. Among them: `unauthorized`, `forbidden`,

                `not_found`, `validation_failed`, `domain_invalid`,

                `domain_exists`, `domain_limit_reached`,

                `verification_pending_limit`, `verification_required`,

                `already_verified`, `authorisation_required`,

                `policy_outdated`, `scan_in_progress`, `scan_cooldown`,

                `daily_limit_reached`, `domain_rate_limited`, `scan_not_active`,

                `recheck_unavailable`, `recheck_cooldown`, `check_rate_limited`,

                `organisation_suspended`, `scans_paused`, `security_disabled`,

                `verification_expired`, `verification_unavailable`,

                `verification_pending_limit`, `finding_fixed`, `internal`.

                From the Ironfang API in front of the service:

                `api_keys_not_supported`, `permissions_unavailable`,

                `body_too_large`, `invalid_body`, `invalid_tenant`,

                `security_unavailable`, `security_timeout`.

                '
            message:
              type: string
            docs:
              type: string
              format: uri
            retry_after_seconds:
              type: integer
              description: Set on cooldowns and rate limits.
        request_id:
          type: string
    DomainSummary:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - name
      - display_name
      - verification_status
      - authorised
      - can_scan
      - open_findings
      - created_at
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        name:
          type: string
          description: ASCII (punycode) name.
        display_name:
          type: string
        verification_status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/VerificationStatus'
        authorised:
          type: boolean
        can_scan:
          type: boolean
        scan_blocked_reason:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScanBlockedReason'
        next_scan_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: When the cooldown ends.
        latest_scan:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScanSummary'
        open_findings:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SeverityCounts'
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    ScanKind:
      type: string
      enum:
      - full
      - recheck
    PolicyItem:
      type: object
      required:
      - id
      - title
      - description
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
    ScanCounts:
      type: object
      required:
      - critical
      - high
      - medium
      - low
      - info
      - passed
      - confirmed
      - unverified
      - errors
      properties:
        critical:
          type: integer
        high:
          type: integer
        medium:
          type: integer
        low:
          type: integer
        info:
          type: integer
        passed:
          type: integer
          description: Checks that observed a control working.
        confirmed:
          type: integer
          description: Findings with confirmed or high confidence.
        unverified:
          type: integer
          description: Findings with medium or low confidence.
        errors:
          type: integer
          description: Checks that could not complete.
    RecommendedAction:
      type: object
      required:
      - finding_id
      - title
      - severity
      - confidence
      - host
      - domain_id
      - reason
      properties:
        finding_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        title:
          type: string
        severity:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Severity'
        confidence:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Confidence'
        host:
          type: string
        domain_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        reason:
          type: string
    ScannerIdentity:
      type: object
      required:
      - user_agent
      - info_url
      - source_addresses
      properties:
        user_agent:
          type: string
        info_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        source_addresses:
          type: array
          description: Public addresses scanner traffic comes from, for allowlisting.
          items:
            type: string
  responses:
    Problem:
      description: An error.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: Warden JWT
      description: 'A Warden user token. Each route also requires a tenant permission in

        the acting tenant (`X-Ironfang-Tenant`), resolved live from Warden:

        reads need `security.read`; everything that changes state needs

        `security.write`. A missing permission is 403; a permission lookup

        failure is 503. Platform API keys are not accepted yet.

        '
externalDocs:
  description: Ironfang Security documentation
  url: https://ironfang.com/security/docs