scp-lint 0.1.0

A linter for AWS Service Control Policies (SCPs)

SCP Linter

A command-line tool for validating AWS Service Control Policies (SCPs) to ensure correctness, security, and best practices.

Installation

pip install scp-lint

Or install from source:

git clone https://github.com/OnticX/scp-lint.git
cd scp-lint
pip install -e .

Usage

Lint a single SCP file:

scp-lint policy.json

Lint all JSON files in a directory:

scp-lint ./policies/

Example Output

============================================================
File: ./my-scp.json
Status: PASSED with warnings
============================================================

  WARNINGS (1):
    [W042] Unknown action: 's3:GetObjet'
           Location: Statement[0].Action[0]
           Suggestion: Did you mean: s3:GetObject?

  INFO (1):
    [I031] Statement has no Sid (identifier)
           Location: Statement[0]
           Suggestion: Add a Sid for easier debugging and management

============================================================
SUMMARY
============================================================
  SCPs linted:    1
  Passed:         1
  Failed:         0
============================================================

Features

• JSON Syntax Validation: Detects invalid JSON and file access errors
• Policy Structure Checks: Flags missing Version/Statement fields, unknown top-level fields, and invalid Effect values
• Size Limits: Errors for policies exceeding 5120 characters, warnings at 75% capacity
• Statement Validation: Ensures required fields (Action, Effect) are present, rejects unsupported fields like Principal
• Action Validation: Cross-references actions against an IAM reference database of 20,000+ actions, catching typos and providing "Did you mean?" suggestions
• Condition Block Syntax: Validates operator structure, detects unknown operators, and flags empty conditions
• Condition Key Validation: Verifies keys like aws:SourceIp exist, supports tag-based keys such as aws:RequestTag/*
• Best Practices: Warns on blanket denies without conditions, service-wide denies, and Allow-only SCPs

Lint Rules

Errors (E-codes) - Invalid policies that will not work

Code	Description
E001	File not found
E002	Cannot read file
E003	Invalid JSON syntax
E010	Policy exceeds 5120 character limit
E020	Missing Version field
E021	Missing Statement field
E022	Statement is not an object or array
E030	Statement is not an object
E031	Missing Effect field
E032	Invalid Effect value (must be Allow or Deny)
E033	Missing Action or NotAction field
E034	Principal/NotPrincipal not allowed in SCPs
E040	Action must be string or array
E041	Action array item is not a string
E050	Condition block must be an object
E051	Condition operator value must be an object
E052	Unknown condition operator

Warnings (W-codes) - Valid but potentially problematic

Code	Description
W010	Policy is over 75% of size limit
W020	Unusual Version value
W021	Unknown top-level field
W030	Empty statements array
W031	More than 20 statements
W032	Unknown statement field
W040	Action missing service prefix
W041	Unknown service prefix
W042	Unknown action name (with suggestions)
W043	Unknown condition key
W044	Empty condition block
W045	Empty condition operator block
W046	Empty or null condition value
W050	Blanket Deny * without conditions
W051	Service-wide deny without conditions

Info (I-codes) - Best practice suggestions

Code	Description
I030	No Resource specified (defaults to *)
I031	No Sid specified
I050	Policy contains only Allow statements

GitHub Actions Integration

Add SCP linting to your CI/CD pipeline:

name: SCP Lint

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
  pull_request:
    branches: [main]

jobs:
  lint:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: '3.11'
      - name: Install scp-lint
        run: pip install scp-lint
      - name: Lint SCPs
        run: scp-lint ./policies/

License

MIT - See LICENSE for details.