Ensure security object has defined rules in its array and rules are defined on securityScheme

Ensure that the security object in the OpenAPI document has defined rules in its array and that the rules are defined on the securityScheme object in the components section. The security object specifies the security or authorization protocol used when submitting requests to the API. The securityScheme object describes how each security scheme works and what parameters it expects. Having defined rules for the security object and the securityScheme object helps both humans and computers to understand how to authenticate and authorize themselves to access the API.

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Risk Level: high
Platform: OpenAPI
Spectral Rule ID: OPENAPI017

REMEDIATION

Add the security object at the root level of the OpenAPI document and define one or more security requirement objects in its array. Each security requirement object contains one or more key-value pairs, where the key is the name of a security scheme defined in the components/securitySchemes section, and the value is an array of scope names required for the execution (for OAuth 2 and OpenID Connect only). For example:

security:
  - app_id: []

Add the components/securitySchemes object at the root level of the OpenAPI document and define one or more security scheme objects under it. Each security scheme object has a type property that specifies the type of authentication, such as apiKey, http, oauth2, or openIdConnect. Depending on the type, other properties may be required or optional, such as name, in, scheme, flows, openIdConnectUrl, etc. For example:

components:
  securitySchemes:
    app_id:
      type: apiKey
      name: app_id
      in: query

# This is a sample OpenAPI document with a security object and a components/securitySchemes object

openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Sample API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.example.com/v1
paths:
  /pets:
    get:
      summary: List all pets
+     # Add this section to define the global security method for the API
+     security:
+       - app_id: [] # This is an arbitrary name for this security scheme
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of pets
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pet'
        default:
          description: Unexpected error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    Pet:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - name
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        name:
          type: string
        tag:
          type: string
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
        - code
        - message
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        message:
          type: string
+   securitySchemes:
+     app_id:
+       type: apiKey # This is an API key based authentication
+       name: app_id # This is the name of the query parameter that contains the API key
+       in: query # This means that the API key should be passed in the query string


# for OpenAPI 2.0

swagger: '2.0'
info:
  version: 1.0.0
  title: Sample API
+ # Add this section to define all security schemes used by the API
+ securityDefinitions:
+   app_id:
+     type: apiKey
+     name: app_id
+     in: query
paths:
  /users:
    get:
      summary: List all users
+     # Apply a specific security scheme to this operation
+     security:
+       - app_id: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of users.
          schema:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/definitions/User'

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