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Owasp Cicd

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OWASP CI/CD Top 10 knowledge base for identifying, assessing, and remediating CI/CD pipeline security risks.
— the description by Microsoft

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The owasp-cicd skill provides a machine-readable reference library derived from the OWASP Top 10 CI/CD Security Risks project. It is designed to assist AI agents in evaluating pipeline security by offering standardized definitions, risk assessments, and remediation strategies for common vulnerabilities such as dependency chain abuse, insufficient flow control, and inadequate identity management. Each vulnerability is documented with specific checklists, attack scenarios, and defensive controls to support security auditing and hardening of CI/CD environments.

What it does

  • Provides structured documentation for the 10 most critical CI/CD security risks.
  • Offers vulnerability checklists to identify potential exposure in pipeline configurations.
  • Details specific prevention controls and remediation steps for each risk category.
  • Includes realistic attack scenarios to help visualize potential exploitation paths.
  • Supplies detection guidance to help identify security signals within CI/CD systems.

When to use it

  • When auditing CI/CD pipeline configurations for security gaps.
  • When developing security policies for automated build and deployment processes.
  • When assessing the risk profile of existing supply chain and deployment workflows.
  • When training or prompting an agent to perform security reviews of infrastructure-as-code or pipeline definitions.

Advantages

  • Standardized, machine-readable format facilitates integration into automated security workflows.
  • Derived from the authoritative OWASP CI/CD Security project.
  • Covers both immediate remediation and long-term defensive strategies.
  • Provides clear, actionable guidance for complex security topics like artifact integrity and credential hygiene.

Usage examples

“What are the risks associated with insufficient flow control in our CI/CD pipeline?”
The agent retrieves the CICD-SEC-1 reference, outlining risks like unauthorized code pushes and deployment bypasses, and provides a checklist to verify branch protection rules.
“How can we prevent dependency chain abuse in our build process?”
The agent accesses the CICD-SEC-3 documentation to provide specific prevention controls and detection methods for securing the software supply chain.

Install

  1. Download the skill as a ZIP:

    https://autogineer.com/agent-skills/microsoft/owasp-cicd/download
  2. Unzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:

    mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip owasp-cicd.zip -d .agents/skills

Documentation by Microsoft

OWASP® CI/CD Top 10 — Skill Entry

This SKILL.md is the entrypoint for the OWASP CI/CD Top 10 skill.

The skill encodes the OWASP Top 10 CI/CD Security Risks as structured, machine-readable references that an agent can query to identify, assess, and remediate CI/CD pipeline security risks.

Normative references (CI/CD Top 10)

  1. 00 Vulnerability Index

  2. 01 Insufficient Flow Control Mechanisms

  3. 02 Inadequate Identity and Access Management

  4. 03 Dependency Chain Abuse

  5. 04 Poisoned Pipeline Execution

  6. 05 Insufficient PBAC

  7. 06 Insufficient Credential Hygiene

  8. 07 Insecure System Configuration

  9. 08 Ungoverned Usage of 3rd Party Services

  10. 09 Improper Artifact Integrity Validation

  11. 10 Insufficient Logging and Visibility

Skill layout

  • SKILL.md — this file (skill entrypoint).

  • references/ — the CI/CD Top 10 normative documents.

    • 00-vulnerability-index.md — index of all vulnerability identifiers, categories, and cross-references.

    • 01 through 10 — one document per vulnerability aligned with OWASP CI/CD Security numbering.

Third-Party Attribution

Copyright © OWASP Foundation. OWASP® Top 10 CI/CD Security Risks content is derived from works by the OWASP Foundation, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://owasp.org/www-project-top-10-ci-cd-security-risks/ Modifications: Vulnerability descriptions restructured into agent-consumable reference documents with added detection and remediation guidance. OWASP® is a registered trademark of the OWASP Foundation. Use does not imply endorsement.

Files

SKILL.md

OWASP® CI/CD Top 10 — Skill Entry

This SKILL.md is the entrypoint for the OWASP CI/CD Top 10 skill.

The skill encodes the OWASP Top 10 CI/CD Security Risks as structured, machine-readable references that an agent can query to identify, assess, and remediate CI/CD pipeline security risks.

Normative references (CI/CD Top 10)

  1. 00 Vulnerability Index

  2. 01 Insufficient Flow Control Mechanisms

  3. 02 Inadequate Identity and Access Management

  4. 03 Dependency Chain Abuse

  5. 04 Poisoned Pipeline Execution

  6. 05 Insufficient PBAC

  7. 06 Insufficient Credential Hygiene

  8. 07 Insecure System Configuration

  9. 08 Ungoverned Usage of 3rd Party Services

  10. 09 Improper Artifact Integrity Validation

  11. 10 Insufficient Logging and Visibility

Skill layout

  • SKILL.md — this file (skill entrypoint).

  • references/ — the CI/CD Top 10 normative documents.

    • 00-vulnerability-index.md — index of all vulnerability identifiers, categories, and cross-references.

    • 01 through 10 — one document per vulnerability aligned with OWASP CI/CD Security numbering.

Third-Party Attribution

Copyright © OWASP Foundation. OWASP® Top 10 CI/CD Security Risks content is derived from works by the OWASP Foundation, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://owasp.org/www-project-top-10-ci-cd-security-risks/ Modifications: Vulnerability descriptions restructured into agent-consumable reference documents with added detection and remediation guidance. OWASP® is a registered trademark of the OWASP Foundation. Use does not imply endorsement.

Requirements and compatibility

Written for: GitHub Copilot, Claude Code

Works with: Claude Code, Claude apps, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Kiro, OpenCode, Goose, Amp, Roo Code, JetBrains Junie, Factory Droid, Devin (ex-Windsurf), Mistral Vibe, OpenHands, Letta

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Needs: Claude Code frontmatter

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Attribution and licence

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Publisher
Microsoft (Official)
Source
microsoft/hve-core · .github/skills/security/owasp-cicd · commit f425e94
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (redistribution allowed)
  • LICENSE (written by AutoGineer)
  • ATTRIBUTION.md (written by AutoGineer)
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