# dast-scanning

A skill that walks your agent through dynamic security testing of a running app or API using OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite and Nikto.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 363 installs · ★ 1177
- Author: devops-skills
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills/tree/HEAD/security/scanning/dast-scanning/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-05-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/dast-scanning

## What it does

This skill covers dynamic application security testing, so the target is a live deployment rather than a codebase. It ships Docker invocations for OWASP ZAP: a quick baseline pass, a full scan, and an OpenAPI-driven API scan. There is also a YAML automation config that wires a context, form authentication and a job chain of spider, spiderAjax, passiveScan-wait, activeScan and report.

Burp Suite gets a Python class that talks to the REST API — start a scan, poll its status, pull the issues once it finishes. Nikto is called straight from the shell, with options for `-ssl`, `-Tuning` and HTML output. Two CI recipes are included: a GitHub Actions workflow using `zaproxy/action-full-scan`, and a GitLab CI job on a security stage that keeps reports as artifacts.

You need a running instance and network reach to it. Pointing any of this at a host you have no written permission to test turns a scan into an attack. ZAP runs through Docker; Burp expects an API key and the REST endpoint; Nikto installs with `apt-get install nikto`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill dast-scanning -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/dast-scanning/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/dast-scanning/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill dast-scanning -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/dast-scanning/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill dast-scanning -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/dast-scanning/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills dast-scanning
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/dast-scanning/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill dast-scanning -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --path security/scanning/dast-scanning
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/dast-scanning/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills --skill dast-scanning -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills/tree/HEAD/security/scanning/dast-scanning/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- run a baseline ZAP scan against a staging deployment
- test an API against its OpenAPI specification
- scan behind a login form with stored credentials
- sweep a host with Nikto across several ports
- add a DAST step to GitHub Actions or GitLab CI

## Example prompts
- Set up a baseline OWASP ZAP scan for https://target.example.com and write the report as HTML
- Build a `zap-automation.yaml` with spider, activeScan and form-based authentication
- Write a Python script that starts a Burp Suite scan, waits for succeeded and fetches the issues

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: dast-scanning
description: Perform dynamic application security testing with OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, and Nikto. Test running applications for security vulnerabilities through automated and manual testing. Use when testing web applications, APIs, or performing penetration testing.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: devops-skills
  version: "1.0"
---

# DAST Scanning

Test running applications for security vulnerabilities through dynamic analysis.

## When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:
- Testing deployed applications
- Performing automated security scans
- Finding runtime vulnerabilities
- Testing authentication flows
- Validating API security

## Prerequisites

- Running application instance
- Network access to target
- Testing authorization
- Understanding of web security

## Tool Overview

| Tool | Type | Best For |
|------|------|----------|
| OWASP ZAP | OSS | Automated scanning, CI |
| Burp Suite | Commercial | Manual testing, advanced |
| Nikto | OSS | Web server scanning |
| Nuclei | OSS | Template-based scanning |
| Arachni | OSS | Comprehensive scanning |

## OWASP ZAP

### Docker Setup

```bash
# Run ZAP in daemon mode
docker run -d --name zap \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -v $(pwd)/reports:/zap/reports \
  ghcr.io/zaproxy/zaproxy:stable \
  zap.sh -daemon -host 0.0.0.0 -port 8080 \
  -config api.addrs.addr.name=.* \
  -config api.addrs.addr.regex=true
```

### Baseline Scan

```bash
# Quick baseline scan
docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/zap/wrk \
  ghcr.io/zaproxy/zaproxy:stable \
  zap-baseline.py -t https://target.example.com \
  -r baseline-report.html

# With authentication
docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/zap/wrk \
  ghcr.io/zaproxy/zaproxy:stable \
  zap-baseline.py -t https://target.example.com \
  -r report.html \
  --auth-login-url https://target.example.com/login \
  --auth-username user \
  --auth-password pass
```

### Full Scan

```bash
# Comprehensive scan
docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/zap/wrk \
  ghcr.io/zaproxy/zaproxy:stable \
  zap-full-scan.py -t https://target.example.com \
  -r full-report.html \
  -J full-report.json
```

### API Scan

```bash
# OpenAPI specification scan
docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/zap/wrk \
  ghcr.io/zaproxy/zaproxy:stable \
  zap-api-scan.py -t https://target.example.com/openapi.json \
  -f openapi \
  -r api-report.html
```

### ZAP Automation Framework

```yaml
# zap-automation.yaml
env:
  contexts:
    - name: "Default Context"
      urls:
        - "https://target.example.com"
      includePaths:
````
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