CloudBees action: Scan with Checkov

Use this action to scan infrastructure configurations with the open-source scanner Checkov. Checkov also functions as a Software Composition Analysis (SCA) scanner. You can also use the action output as a quality gate for the next step or job in your workflow.

All CloudBees action repositories are listed at CloudBees, Inc. on GitHub.

Inputs

Table 1. Input details
Input name	Data type	Required?	Description
`workspace-dir`	String	No	The path of the code to be scanned.

Outputs

Table 2. Output details
Output name	Data type	Description
`critical-count`	String	The number of Critical security findings discovered during the scan.
`very-high-count`	String	The number of Very high security findings discovered during the scan.
`high-count`	String	The number of High security findings discovered during the scan.
`medium-count`	String	The number of Medium security findings discovered during the scan.
`low-count`	String	The number of Low security findings discovered during the scan.

Usage examples

Basic example

The following is a basic example of using the action:

      - name: Scan with checkov scanner
        uses: cloudbees-io/checkov-hybrid-plugin@v1▼

Using the action output

Access the output values in downstream steps and jobs using the outputs context.

Use the output in your workflow as follows, where <action_step_ID> is the action step ID, and <severity> is an output parameter name, such as critical-count:

${{steps.<action_step_ID>.outputs.<severity>}}▼

The following example uses the action output in a downstream step of the same job:

name: my-workflow
kind: workflow
apiVersion: automation.cloudbees.io/v1alpha1

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

permissions:
  scm-token-own: read
  scm-token-org: read
  id-token: write

jobs:
  checkov-hybrid-scan-job:
    steps:
      - name: check out source code
        uses: cloudbees-io/checkout@v1

      - id: checkov-step
        name: checkov hybrid plugin scan
        uses: cloudbees-io/checkov-hybrid-plugin@v1

      - name: source dir examine
        uses: docker://golang:1.20.3-alpine3.17
        shell: sh
        run: |
          ls -latR /cloudbees/workspace

      - id: print-outputs-from-checkov-step
        name: print outputs from upstream checkov step
        uses: docker://alpine:latest
        run: |
            #printing all outputs
            echo "Outputs from upstream checkov step:"
            echo "Critical count: ${{steps.checkov-step.outputs.critical-count}}"
            echo "Very high count: ${{steps.checkov-step.outputs.very-high-count}}"
            echo "High count: ${{steps.checkov-step.outputs.high-count}}"
            echo "Medium count: ${{steps.checkov-step.outputs.medium-count}}"
            echo "Low count: ${{steps.checkov-step.outputs.low-count}}"▼

The following example uses the action output in a downstream job:

name: my-workflow
kind: workflow
apiVersion: automation.cloudbees.io/v1alpha1

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

permissions:
  scm-token-own: read
  scm-token-org: read
  id-token: write

jobs:
  job1:
    outputs:
      checkov-job-output-critical: ${{ steps.checkov-step.outputs.critical-count }}
      checkov-job-output-very-high: ${{ steps.checkov-step.outputs.very-high-count }}
      checkov-job-output-high: ${{ steps.checkov-step.outputs.high-count }}
      checkov-job-output-medium: ${{ steps.checkov-step.outputs.medium-count }}
      checkov-job-output-low: ${{ steps.checkov-step.outputs.low-count }}
    steps:
      - name: check out source code
        uses: cloudbees-io/checkout@v1
        with:
          repository: my-gh-repo-org/my-repo
          ref: main
          token: ${{ secrets.GIT_PAT }}

      - id: checkov-step
        name: checkov hybrid plugin scan
        uses: cloudbees-io/checkov-hybrid-plugin@v1

  job2:
    needs: job1
    steps:
      - id: print-outputs-from-job1
        name: print outputs from upstream job1
        uses: docker://alpine:latest
        run: |
          # Printing all outputs
          echo "Outputs from upstream checkov job:"
          echo "Critical count: ${{ needs.job1.outputs.checkov-job-output-critical }}"
          echo "Very high count: ${{ needs.job1.outputs.checkov-job-output-very-high }}"
          echo "High count: ${{ needs.job1.outputs.checkov-job-output-high }}"
          echo "Medium count: ${{ needs.job1.outputs.checkov-job-output-medium }}"
          echo "Low count: ${{ needs.job1.outputs.checkov-job-output-low }}"▼