Kubescape

Kubescape is an open-source (Apache 2.0) Kubernetes security platform and CNCF incubating project, originally contributed by ARMO. It provides risk analysis, security and compliance posture scanning, misconfiguration detection, image and runtime vulnerability scanning, and eBPF-based runtime threat detection across the IDE, CI/CD pipelines, and live clusters. The core Kubescape is a CLI and an in-cluster Operator whose components expose OpenAPI/Swagger-documented HTTP APIs in-cluster (there is no single hosted public REST endpoint for the open-source tool). ARMO Platform is the commercial multi-cluster, multi-cloud SaaS built on Kubescape and exposes a documented hosted Customer API (base https://api.armosec.io) for posture, compliance, vulnerabilities, runtime incidents, attack paths, network policies, and registry/repository scanning, authenticated with an X-API-KEY access key.

Kubescape publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Access Keys API, Network Policies API, Posture & Compliance API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Kubernetes Security, Cloud Native Security, Container Security, DevSecOps, and Kubernetes.

Kubescape’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

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37.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

1 APIs

Kubernetes Security Cloud Native Security Container Security DevSecOps Kubernetes Vulnerability Scanning Compliance Runtime Security CNCF Open-Source

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scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

Composite quality — 37.5/100 · thin

Contract Quality 11.9 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 5.1 / 18

Access Clarity 7.1 / 18

Operational Transparency 4.0 / 12

Contract Governance 0.0 / 11

Discoverability 6.2 / 9

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

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APIs 7

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Kubescape In-Cluster Component API (Open Source)

The open-source Kubescape Operator's in-cluster components (storage, kubevuln, gateway, operator, node-agent) each expose an OpenAPI/Swagger-documented HTTP API reachable inside...

Kubescape Access Keys API

Agent access keys and exception policies.

Kubescape Network Policies API

Generated NetworkPolicies and seccomp profiles.

Kubescape Posture & Compliance API

Framework, control, and resource posture results.

Kubescape Registry & Repository API

Registry scans and Git repository posture.

Kubescape Runtime Security API

Runtime incidents, attack chains, and security risks.

Kubescape Vulnerabilities API

Image and workload vulnerability scanning and results.

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Open Collections 8

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

ARMO Platform Customer API (Kubescape) Access Keys API

OPEN COLLECTION

ARMO Platform Customer API (Kubescape) Access Keys Network Policies API

OPEN COLLECTION

ARMO Platform Customer API (Kubescape) Access Keys Posture & Compliance API

OPEN COLLECTION

ARMO Platform Customer API (Kubescape) Access Keys Registry & Repository API

OPEN COLLECTION

ARMO Platform Customer API (Kubescape) Access Keys Runtime Security API

OPEN COLLECTION

ARMO Platform Customer API (Kubescape) Access Keys Vulnerabilities API

OPEN COLLECTION

ARMO Platform Customer API (Kubescape)

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Kubescape Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Kubescape Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Kubescape Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Kubescape Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Kubescape Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Kubescape Agentic Access

23 operations · 18 acting · 4 human-in-the-loop

23 operations · 18 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: kubescape
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kubescape/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Kubescape
kind: organization
description: Kubescape is an open-source (Apache 2.0) Kubernetes security platform and CNCF incubating project, originally
  contributed by ARMO. It provides risk analysis, security and compliance posture scanning, misconfiguration detection, image
  and runtime vulnerability scanning, and eBPF-based runtime threat detection across the IDE, CI/CD pipelines, and live clusters.
  The core Kubescape is a CLI and an in-cluster Operator whose components expose OpenAPI/Swagger-documented HTTP APIs in-cluster
  (there is no single hosted public REST endpoint for the open-source tool). ARMO Platform is the commercial multi-cluster,
  multi-cloud SaaS built on Kubescape and exposes a documented hosted Customer API (base https://api.armosec.io) for posture,
  compliance, vulnerabilities, runtime incidents, attack paths, network policies, and registry/repository scanning, authenticated
  with an X-API-KEY access key.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/kubescape.png
tags:
- Kubernetes Security
- Cloud Native Security
- Container Security
- DevSecOps
- Kubernetes
- Vulnerability Scanning
- Compliance
- Runtime Security
- CNCF
- Open-Source
tags_raw:
- Kubernetes Security
- Cloud Native Security
- Container Security
- DevSecOps
- Kubernetes
- Vulnerability Scanning
- Compliance
- Runtime Security
- CNCF
- Open Source
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: kubescape:kubescape-in-cluster-component-api
  name: Kubescape In-Cluster Component API (Open Source)
  tags:
  - Kubernetes Security
  - Open-Source
  - Operator
  - OpenAPI
  tags_raw:
  - Kubernetes Security
  - Open Source
  - Operator
  - OpenAPI
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.armosec.io/blog/introducing-kubescape-open-api-framework/
  baseURL: http://<service-ip>:<service-port>
  properties:
  - url: https://www.armosec.io/blog/introducing-kubescape-open-api-framework/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://kubescape.io/docs/operator/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/kubescape
    type: SourceCode
  description: The open-source Kubescape Operator's in-cluster components (storage, kubevuln, gateway, operator, node-agent)
    each expose an OpenAPI/Swagger-documented HTTP API reachable inside the cluster at /openapi/v2/swaggerui, /openapi/v2/rapi,
    and /openapi/v2/docs. There is no hosted public endpoint - the base URL is the in-cluster Service address, so endpoints
    are modeled rather than called over a single fixed public host.
- aid: kubescape:kubescape-access-keys-api
  name: Kubescape Access Keys API
  description: Agent access keys and exception policies.
  humanURL: https://hub.armosec.io/reference/customer-api
  baseURL: https://api.armosec.io/api/v1
  tags:
  - Access Keys
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kubescape-access-keys-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://hub.armosec.io/docs/armo-swagger-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://hub.armosec.io/reference/customer-api
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/kubescape.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/kubescape.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://hub.armosec.io/docs/authentication
- aid: kubescape:kubescape-network-policies-api
  name: Kubescape Network Policies API
  description: Generated NetworkPolicies and seccomp profiles.
  humanURL: https://hub.armosec.io/reference/customer-api
  baseURL: https://api.armosec.io/api/v1
  tags:
  - Network Policies
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kubescape-network-policies-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://hub.armosec.io/docs/armo-swagger-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://hub.armosec.io/reference/customer-api
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/kubescape.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/kubescape.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://hub.armosec.io/docs/authentication
- aid: kubescape:kubescape-posture-compliance-api
  name: Kubescape Posture & Compliance API
  description: Framework, control, and resource posture results.
  humanURL: https://hub.armosec.io/reference/customer-api
  baseURL: https://api.armosec.io/api/v1
  tags:
  - Posture & Compliance
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kubescape-posture-compliance-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://hub.armosec.io/docs/armo-swagger-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://hub.armosec.io/reference/customer-api
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/kubescape.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/kubescape.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://hub.armosec.io/docs/authentication
- aid: kubescape:kubescape-registry-repository-api
  name: Kubescape Registry & Repository API
  description: Registry scans and Git repository posture.
  humanURL: https://hub.armosec.io/reference/customer-api
  baseURL: https://api.armosec.io/api/v1
  tags:
  - Registry & Repository
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kubescape-registry-repository-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://hub.armosec.io/docs/armo-swagger-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://hub.armosec.io/reference/customer-api
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/kubescape.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/kubescape.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://hub.armosec.io/docs/authentication
- aid: kubescape:kubescape-runtime-security-api
  name: Kubescape Runtime Security API
  description: Runtime incidents, attack chains, and security risks.
  humanURL: https://hub.armosec.io/reference/customer-api
  baseURL: https://api.armosec.io/api/v1
  tags:
  - Runtime Security
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kubescape-runtime-security-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://hub.armosec.io/docs/armo-swagger-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://hub.armosec.io/reference/customer-api
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/kubescape.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/kubescape.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://hub.armosec.io/docs/authentication
- aid: kubescape:kubescape-vulnerabilities-api
  name: Kubescape Vulnerabilities API
  description: Image and workload vulnerability scanning and results.
  humanURL: https://hub.armosec.io/reference/customer-api
  baseURL: https://api.armosec.io/api/v1
  tags:
  - Vulnerabilities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kubescape-vulnerabilities-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://hub.armosec.io/docs/armo-swagger-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://hub.armosec.io/reference/customer-api
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/kubescape.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/kubescape.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://hub.armosec.io/docs/authentication
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/kubescape-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kubescape-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/kubescape-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/kubescape
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/armosec
- type: Website
  url: https://kubescape.io
- type: Documentation
  url: https://kubescape.io/docs/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/kubescape-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/kubescape-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/kubescape-finops.yml
- url: https://kubescape.io/blog/
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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