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Checkov IaC Scanner - Reusable Workflow

THIN WRAPPER: This workflow delegates to the scanner-checkov composite action. All scanning logic is in: .github/actions/scanner-checkov/action.yml

For GHES users: Use the composite action directly instead of this workflow. See: examples/github-enterprise/infrastructure-scanning.yml

uses: huntridge-labs/argus/.github/workflows/scanner-checkov.yml@0.6.7

Triggers

  • Manual dispatch
  • Reusable (called by other workflows)

Permissions

Scope Access
contents read
security-events write
actions read
pull-requests write

Inputs

Input Description Required Default
iac_path Relative path to the infrastructure-as-code directory to scan string No infrastructure
framework IaC framework to scan (terraform, cloudformation, kubernetes, etc.) string No terraform
enable_code_security Whether GitHub Code Security is enabled for this repository boolean No False
post_pr_comment Whether to post PR comments boolean No False
fail_on_severity Fail the job if any check fails. Checkov does not support severity-based filtering - any value other than "none" will... string No none

Secrets

Secret Description Required
BC_API_KEY Prisma Cloud API key for enhanced severity scoring and features No

Jobs

checkov-scan — Checkov Security Scan

Runs on: ubuntu-latest · Timeout: 15 minutes · Continue on error: Yes

Steps:

  1. Checkout repository — actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd
  2. Run Checkov Scanner — huntridge-labs/argus/.github/actions/scanner-checkov@0.6.7

Actions used:

All Composite Actions Referenced