threatmap

Static IaC threat modeler that parses Terraform, CloudFormation, and Kubernetes manifests and produces structured threat model reports using STRIDE, MITRE ATT&CK, or PASTA frameworks. No network calls, no cloud credentials, fully offline. Runs as a CLI, REST API, or containerized service.

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Quick Start

CLI:

pip install threatmap
threatmap scan ./examples --output report.md --fail-on HIGH

Docker:

docker run -v $(pwd):/workspace threatmap:2.0.0 threatmap scan /workspace --output /workspace/report.md

API Server:

threatmap serve --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000
# Or via Docker:
docker run -p 8000:8000 threatmap:2.0.0
# Then POST to http://localhost:8000/analyze with IaC content

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Supported Formats and Providers

Format	Provider	Extension
Terraform HCL	AWS, Azure, GCP	.tf
CloudFormation	AWS	.yaml, .yml, .json
Kubernetes manifests	Kubernetes	.yaml, .yml

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Install

Install from PyPI:

pip install threatmap

Or for local development:

git clone https://github.com/bogdanticu88/threatmap.git
cd threatmap
pip install -e .

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Usage

Scan a directory and print a Markdown report to stdout:

threatmap scan ./terraform/

Scan multiple paths and write a JSON report to a file:

threatmap scan ./terraform/ ./k8s/ ./cloudformation/ --format json --output report.json

Generate an interactive HTML report or a SARIF report for GitHub Security:

threatmap scan ./infra/ --format html --output report.html
threatmap scan ./infra/ --format sarif --output report.sarif

CI gate — exit code 1 if any CRITICAL or HIGH threat is found:

threatmap scan ./infra/ --fail-on HIGH --output threat-report.md

Print a terminal summary table only, without writing a full report:

threatmap scan ./infra/ --summary

Use ASCII-only severity indicators (no emojis) for environments that don't support Unicode:

threatmap scan ./infra/ --ascii --output report.md

Analyze using different threat modeling frameworks:

# STRIDE (default)
threatmap scan ./infra/ --framework stride

# MITRE ATT&CK (maps to tactics and techniques)
threatmap scan ./infra/ --framework mitre --format json

# PASTA (asset-centric threat modeling)
threatmap scan ./infra/ --framework pasta --format json

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Threat Modeling Frameworks

STRIDE (default)

• Spoofing, Tampering, Repudiation, Information Disclosure, Denial of Service, Elevation of Privilege
• Threat-centric approach ideal for identifying attack surface
• Best for: Traditional threat modeling, security architecture reviews

MITRE ATT&CK

• Maps infrastructure threats to real-world adversary tactics and techniques
• Includes 14 tactics (Reconnaissance, Initial Access, Persistence, etc.)
• Best for: Aligning with threat intelligence, incident response planning

PASTA

• Process for Attack Simulation and Threat Analysis
• Asset-centric approach focusing on what needs protection
• Classifies assets by type (data, identity, compute, network)
• Best for: Risk-based prioritization, asset protection strategies

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Sample Report Output

Running threatmap scan ./examples --output report.md against the bundled examples produces a full Markdown report. Below is a representative excerpt.

STRIDE Threat Table

ID	Severity	STRIDE Category	Resource	Description
T-001	🔴 CRITICAL	Information Disclosure	AuditBucket	S3 bucket 'AuditBucket' has no public access block configured — bucket may be publicly accessible.
T-002	🔴 CRITICAL	Spoofing	WebSecurityGroup	Security group 'WebSecurityGroup' exposes SSH/RDP (port 22/3389) to 0.0.0.0/0.
T-003	🔴 CRITICAL	Elevation of Privilege	app_contributor	Role assignment 'app_contributor' grants the privileged role 'Contributor'.
T-006	🟠 HIGH	Information Disclosure	AuditBucket	S3 bucket 'AuditBucket' does not have server-side encryption configured.
T-008	🟠 HIGH	Elevation of Privilege	api	Container 'api' in Deployment 'api' may run as root (no runAsNonRoot=true or runAsUser=0).
T-011	🟠 HIGH	Elevation of Privilege	web	EC2 instance 'web' allows IMDSv1 — metadata service accessible without session tokens, enabling SSRF-based credential theft.

Mitigation Detail (excerpt)

### T-002 — Spoofing (CRITICAL)

Resource:   AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup.WebSecurityGroup
Property:   ingress.ssh_rdp_open
Finding:    Security group 'WebSecurityGroup' exposes SSH/RDP (port 22/3389) to 0.0.0.0/0.
Mitigation: Remove public SSH/RDP access. Use AWS Systems Manager Session Manager
            or a bastion host with IP restrictions.

Data Flow Diagram (Mermaid)

The report appends a Mermaid flowchart LR diagram. Nodes are coloured by worst-case severity (🔴 red = CRITICAL, 🟠 orange = HIGH). Paste the block into any Mermaid renderer or view it directly on GitHub.

flowchart LR
    Internet((Internet))
    subgraph Networking
        aws_security_group_web_sg{web_sg}
        NetworkPolicy_default_deny{default-deny}
        azurerm_network_security_group_app_nsg{app_nsg}
    end
    subgraph Compute
        aws_instance_web[web]
    end
    subgraph Kubernetes
        Namespace_myapp[myapp]
        Deployment_api[api]
        Service_api_svc[api-svc]
        Ingress_api_ingress[api-ingress]
    end
    subgraph Data
        aws_s3_bucket_app_data[(app_data)]
        aws_db_instance_app_db[(app_db)]
        azurerm_storage_account_app_storage[(app_storage)]
    end
    subgraph Security
        azurerm_key_vault_app_kv[app_kv]
    end
    subgraph Identity
        azurerm_role_assignment_app_contributor[/app_contributor/]
    end
    AWS__S3__Bucket_AppBucket -->|ref| AWS__S3__Bucket_AuditBucket
    AWS__CloudTrail__Trail_AppTrail -->|ref| AWS__S3__Bucket_AuditBucket
    Internet -->|HTTPS| Ingress_api_ingress
    style aws_security_group_web_sg fill:#ff4444,color:#fff
    style aws_s3_bucket_app_data fill:#ff4444,color:#fff
    style aws_instance_web fill:#ff8800,color:#fff
    style Deployment_api fill:#ff8800,color:#fff
    style azurerm_key_vault_app_kv fill:#ffcc00,color:#000
    style azurerm_network_security_group_app_nsg fill:#ff8800,color:#fff
    style azurerm_role_assignment_app_contributor fill:#ff4444,color:#fff

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Advanced Features (v1.1.0+)

Graph-based Attack Path Analysis

threatmap now includes Graph Intelligence that traces relationships between resources. It automatically identifies "chained" threats where a compromise of one resource (e.g., an internet-exposed EC2) leads directly to another (e.g., a private S3 bucket), flagging these as Elevation of Privilege attack paths.

Custom YAML Rules

You can define internal security requirements by creating a threatmap_rules.yaml in your project root.

rules:
  - resource_type: "aws_s3_bucket"
    property: "force_destroy"
    expected: false
    stride: "Tampering"
    severity: "MEDIUM"
    description: "Production buckets should not have force_destroy enabled."
    mitigation: "Set force_destroy = false."

Remediation Hints

Most findings now include a remediation field (visible in JSON, HTML, and SARIF reports) that provides the exact code snippet needed to fix the security issue.

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Where rules live

Each cloud provider has its own analyzer module:

threatmap/analyzers/
├── aws.py         # 22 rules — S3, IAM, EC2, RDS, EKS, CloudTrail, KMS, Lambda
├── azure.py       # 19 rules — Storage, Key Vault, NSG, RBAC, AKS, ACR, SQL
├── gcp.py         # 15 rules — GCS, Firewall, Compute, Cloud SQL, GKE, IAM, KMS
└── kubernetes.py  # 17 rules — workloads, RBAC, network, secrets

Each rule is a function that receives a Resource object (normalised from whatever source format was parsed) and returns a Threat if the condition is met. Rules are plain Python conditionals — no DSL, no regex engine, no external ruleset files.

How severities are assigned

Severity reflects both exploitability and blast radius:

Severity	Meaning
CRITICAL	Directly exploitable with no additional preconditions (e.g. SSH open to 0.0.0.0/0, wildcard IAM policy, cluster-admin binding to anonymous)
HIGH	Significant risk requiring one additional step (e.g. unencrypted RDS with public access, IMDSv1 on an EC2 instance)
MEDIUM	Defence-in-depth controls missing — lower immediate risk but violates security baselines (e.g. no versioning, no logging, no resource limits)
LOW	Best-practice gaps with limited standalone exploitability (e.g. Lambda not in VPC)

How false positives are avoided

• No heuristics or ML — every rule fires on a concrete, unambiguous property value (e.g. publicly_accessible = true, Principal: "*").
• Conservative defaults — if a property is absent, the rule assumes the insecure default (e.g. no metadata_options block on an EC2 instance means IMDSv1 is active, because that is AWS's default).
• No cross-account or runtime state — the tool only looks at what is declared in the template. It does not attempt to infer what SCPs, permission boundaries, or runtime configs might mitigate a finding.
• Deduplication in the engine — findings are keyed on (stride_category, resource_name, trigger_property) so the same logical issue is never reported twice even if it appears across multiple file formats.

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CI Integration

# .github/workflows/threat-model.yml
name: Threat Model

on: [pull_request]

jobs:
  threatmap:
    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 threatmap
        run: pip install threatmap

      - name: Run threat model scan
        run: |
          threatmap scan ./infra/ \
            --format markdown \
            --output threat-report.md \
            --fail-on HIGH

      - name: Upload threat report
        if: always()
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: threat-report
          path: threat-report.md

The --fail-on HIGH flag makes the job exit with code 1 if any HIGH or CRITICAL threat is found, blocking the PR merge. The uploaded artifact gives reviewers the full report without leaving the pull request.

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STRIDE Rule Coverage

Provider	Rules
AWS (Terraform + CloudFormation)	22
Azure (Terraform)	19
GCP (Terraform)	15
Kubernetes	17
Total	73

Categories covered per provider:

Provider	S	T	R	I	D	E
AWS	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Azure	✓	✓	✓	✓	—	✓
GCP	✓	✓	✓	✓	—	✓
Kubernetes	✓	✓	—	✓	✓	✓

(S=Spoofing, T=Tampering, R=Repudiation, I=Information Disclosure, D=Denial of Service, E=Elevation of Privilege)

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Development

Run tests:

pytest tests/ -v

Run with coverage:

pytest tests/ --cov=threatmap --cov-report=term-missing

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Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Add rules in threatmap/analyzers/<provider>.py following the existing pattern
3. Add a fixture in tests/fixtures/ that triggers the new rule
4. Add assertions in tests/test_analyzers.py
5. Open a pull request