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Changelog

Tracking updates to the StackHawk platform and HawkScan since 2019

September 12th, 2023

HawkScan (3.3.0)

Added

Hawk Create App

HawkScan now has the ability to create applications from the command line.

Improvement

Hawk CLI Colors

HawkScan now sports more colorful terminal output, and shows a progress bar when discovering large OpenAPI specifications.

Improvement

Include & Exclude Paths

Include and Exclude Path configuration now applies to OpenAPI specifications. Paths in an OpenAPI specification will not be discovered if they are excluded, and will only be discovered if they are included.

Improvement

GraphQL Scanning

Fixed a bug when scanning with large GraphQL API schemas causing HawkScan to not finish correctly.

Fixed

Include & Exclude Paths

Fixed a bug where Include and Exclude Paths would not be respected on Windows, or could find no results with conflicting entries.

Fixed

Logging improvements on Windows

HawkScan logs to the .hawk/logs directory in the user home directory on Windows.

August 31st, 2023

StackHawk Platform

Added

GitHub Insights Beta

GitHub Insights Beta Launch! Connect your GitHub repositories to StackHawk applications. Track StackHawk scans in context with code repositories, bulk create applications to scan from these repositories, and invite code contributors into the platform all in one place.

July 7th, 2023

StackHawk Platform

Fixed

Optimization Panel

There were a few types of API documentation that were not being included in scan discovery for optimization tips. Now, GraphQL, gRPC, and SOAP APIs will all count towards having scan discovery enabled.

Improvement

Applications and Scans Pages

The empty states for the Applications Page and the Scans Page will now prompt you to make and configure your Applications, and invite more hawks to your nest.

Improvement

Applications and Scans Pages

For organizations on the StackHawk enterprise plan, owner & admin roles can now create new teams directly from the Teams dropdown on the Applications and Scans pages.

July 6th, 2023

HawkScan (3.2.0)

Added

Hawk Perch

Added experimental support for running HawkScan as an ongoing daemon process for authentication validation.

Added

Multiple external Cookie and Token Support

Added support for supplying multiple cookies and tokens.

Improvement

Custom Test Data

improved custom value injection for more granularity when scanning OpenAPI, GRPC or GraphQL APIs with HawkScan.

Improvement

HawkScan Configuration from Url

It is now possible to run HawkScan configured with a url to a stackhawk.yml file.

Fixed

gRPC Scanning

Fixed a bug that prevented scanning gRPC applications over tls.

Fixed

Rogue Zap Process

Fixed a bug where HawkScan could fail to start if a Zap process was not previously stopped or running as a daemon with hawk perch.

Fixed

Configurable Redaction List

Fixed a few bugs where error or debug logging of messages from Zap would not have headers fully redacted when configured.

Fixed

Outbound Proxy Support

A variety of bugfixes supporting outbound proxy behavior, particularly when running HawkScan with proxy support on Windows.

June 28th, 2023

StackHawk Platform

Added

Optimization Tips

The scan details page now displays our new Optimization Tips panel which houses key feature configuration advice to improve your scan speed and accuracy. We've also added the optimization icon to the application environment cards so you can quickly identify which configurations need your attention. This is available only for Pro and Enterprise plan.

Added

Getting Started

We would love to know a little more about you, so we've added a role collection to the signup page. This will help us continue to improve our experience.

Improvement

Create New App

Because we know that sometimes getting the details of a new application requires the help of your developers, we've added quick access to the user invite flow directly to the create an app wizard.

May 26th, 2023

HawkScan (3.1.0)

Added

Configurable Redaction List

Added support for defining values in the stackhawk.yml to be redacted from HawkScan logs.

Added

Outbound Proxy Support

Added support for HawkScan to be used with an outbound proxy.

Improvement

Improved Networking

Updated and optimized networking libraries.

Improvement

Fixed HawkScan Logs on Windows

Fixed a bug with the location of HawkScan logs on Windows.

May 26th, 2023

StackHawk Platform

Added

Security in Jira Integration

StackHawk now supports Atlassian Security in Jira functionality with the existing jira cloud addon.

Removed

Jira Data Center Integration

StackHawk has deprecated support for the Jira Data Center Integration.

April 13th, 2023

StackHawk Platform

Improvement

Billing

Cleaned up some rough edges around the self-service experience.

Improvement

Slack and Microsoft Teams Integration

Updated the Slack and Microsoft Teams integration management pages to be consistent with other integrations.

April 4th, 2023

HawkScan (3.0.0)

Added

gRPC Scanning (Beta)

Added support for scanning grpc applications.

Added

NTLM support (Beta)

Users can now add NTLM authentication to their scans.

March 28th, 2023

StackHawk Platform

Improvement

Bug Fixes

Fixed minor bugs throughout the app.

March 23th, 2023

StackHawk Platform

Improvement

Application Environment Cards

Environment cards will now display our new API type icons with your next scan!

Improvement

Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

Cleaning up some sneaky bugs and improving the all-round performance of our app.

March 20th, 2023

StackHawk Platform

Added

(Enterprise) Microsoft Azure DevOps Boards

Integrate StackHawk with Microsoft Azure DevOps Boards to track findings as work items.

Improvement

GitHub CodeQL Code Snippets

The relevant code snippets for a GitHub CodeQL SAST finding will now be displayed in StackHawk.

Improvement

Webhook Integration

Added the ability to specify which scan event(s) a webhook receives.

March 9th, 2023

HawkScan (2.12.0)

Improvement

Gitlab Dast Report

Fixed formatting of markdown links in the Gitlab DAST report.

Fixed

Java Runtime Inference

Fixed a bug where HawkScan could select a different version of Java to start Zap on systems with multiple versions of Java installed.

Fixed

waitForAppTarget

Fixed a bug where app.waitForAppTarget could fail when running in Docker.

Fixed

OpenApi Spec Parsing

Fixed a null-pointer issue when parsing incomplete OpenAPI specifications with empty POST request bodies.

March 7th, 2023

StackHawk Platform

Improvement

Webhook Integration

Added the ability to specify which application(s) a webhook applies to so that webhook receives alerts only for relevant scans.

February 21st, 2023

StackHawk Platform

Added

(Enterprise) Teams and Member Role

Create groups of applications with Teams and assign users the Member role to limit their access.

February 14th, 2023

StackHawk Platform

Improvement

Settings

Various bugfixes and improvements.

Improvement

Webhook Integration

Added the ability to create and enable multiple webhooks.

Improvement

Audit Log

Improved how Scan Policy events are displayed in the audit log.

January 30th, 2023

StackHawk Platform

Improvement

Application Filter Dropdowns

Filters now automatically update when selecting Applications and Environments on the applications and scan results pages.

Improvement

Tech Flags UI

Tech Flags in application settings has been redone for easier access and configuration.

January 25th, 2023

HawkScan (2.11.0)

Added

Windows Installer (BETA)

HawkScan can now be installed on Windows operating systems with a dedicated MSI installer.

Added

(Enterprise) Scan Policy Management

Added support to customize the application scan policy directly from the StackHawk Platform, enabling HawkScan to deliver faster and tailored scan results.

Fixed

OpenApi Spec Parsing

Fixed a bug when parsing large OpenApi specifications.

Fixed

Updated Log4J

Updates Log4J library to 2.19.0.

January 11th, 2023

StackHawk Platform

Added

Support for Snyk Groups

Added the ability to connect a Snyk Integration at the Snyk Group Account level.

Improvement

Auth Getting Started updates

Various updates to the Auth Getting Started examples.

Improvement

Organization Details Page

The account's billing status is now shown.

January 6th, 2023

HawkScan (2.10.0)

Improvement

Updated Networking Libraries

Underlying Netty and Apache networking libraries were upgraded to the latest versions, supporting HTTP2.

Improvement

Embedded Scripting Engine Updates

Embedded Kotlin and JavaScript scripting engines now have access to the HawkScan configuration at runtime.

Added

Support for Limited YAML Anchors in OpenApiConf

Added the app.openApiConf.maxAliasesForCollections setting to control the number of allowed anchor aliases when parsing a YAML OpenApi definition.

November 29th, 2022

StackHawk Platform

Improvement

Jira Cloud Integration

Improved the Atlassian Jira Cloud integration to enable selecting an issue type when triaging findings into Jira issues.

Improvement

Invite User Flow

Users invited to an existing account now have a streamlined sign-up experience.

November 3rd, 2022

StackHawk Platform

Added

GraphQL Operations tab

Added a new Operations tab, visible only for GraphQL scans, that includes a complete list of operations used during a scan.

Added

HawkScan Rescan button

Generate the CLI or Docker command for rescanning your application with the Rescan findings button. Rescan allows you to test an application for only previously discovered findings.

November 3rd, 2022

HawkScan (2.9.0)

Added

HawkScan Rescan

Rescan an application to quickly test only previously discovered findings.

Added

GraphQL Custom Variable Injection

Configure HawkScan GraphQL API scans with Faker supplied data for better scan results.

Added

Windows Powershell support

Run the StackHawk CLI on a Windows terminal using an included hawk.ps1 PowerShell script.

Fixed

HawkScan Configuration Parsing

Improved the linting and validation of stackhawk.yml files to catch unexpected fields in the HawkScan configuration.

October 20th, 2022

StackHawk Platform

Improvement

GitHub Integration Pull Request Checks

Our GitHub integration will now consider the failure threshold (set using hawk.failureThreshold in your configuration) to communicate scan success or failure in build checks and pull-request comments. Pull-request comments have been updated to include more relevant information in an easier-to-consume format.

October 13th, 2022

StackHawk Platform

Improvement

Account Details Page

Users can now get their code contributors count via Github Integration or Code Contributors Script without contacting Stackhawk Sales team

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