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Changelog

Tracking updates to the StackHawk platform and HawkScan since 2019

October 13, 2020

HawkScan (0.8.14)

Fixed

Scanning urls without a specified port

HawkScan was released with a fix to support scanning endpoints that don't specify a port.

October 12, 2020

HawkScan (0.8.12)

Added

Include Paths

Hawkscan will now accept the app.includePaths configuration, specifying any routes the scanner should visit.

Improvement

Error Handling

Hawkscan will now send additional telemetry and improved exception introspection.

September 25, 2020

StackHawk Platform

Added

Weekly Summary Emails

Organization owners will now see a weekly email containing summaries of your weekly activity using StackHawk

Added

Datadog Integration

Send your StackHawk scan notifications to Datadog.

Added

Keyboard Navigation

Accessibility improvements around navigating the StackHawk platform via keyboard

Added

Applications Page Table View

View your applications and environments in a compact view from the Applications page

Improvement

Getting Started Flow

Added clarity around the steps of the Getting Started flow, as well as the ability to skip the Getting Started flow

Improvement

PowerShell Commands

The StackHawk application will detect your operating system and display the proper set of command-line shell commands

Improvement

Applications Page Display

Applications page display on mobile and tablet size screens has been updated to improve usability

Improvement

Finding Details Panel Stickiness

Panel will now persist user’s choice of viewing request or response metadata for a specific finding

Improvement

Placeholders

Placeholder UI implemented for API key table, members table and account info pages

Fixed

App creation wizard modals will not overlay on each other

Fixed

Application filters

Application filter shows application name instead of ID when navigating to the Applications page with query strings in the URL

Fixed

Hover state color in dropdown menus

September 10, 2020

HawkScan (0.8.10)

Improvement

GraphQL file loading

Support using GraphQL schema from file

September 1, 2020

StackHawk Platform

Added

GA Release

August 28, 2020

StackHawk Platform

Fixed

Toast Notifications

Toast notifications now display error messages, in addition to success confirmations when taking action on scan findings

August 27, 2020

HawkScan (0.8.8)

Improvement

Error Logging

Use python print() in most places - errors still use the logging mechanism

Fixed

Terminal Output Colors

term_color flag is checked in the Logger module to respect colored output in the terminal

August 24, 2020

StackHawk Platform

Improvement

Billing

Improved access to the billing page from the account settings view

Improvement

Slack Integration

Connect StackHawk with Slack and receive notifications on HawkScan events

August 24, 2020

HawkScan (0.8.6)

Added

Terminal Output Colors

Adds colors and logging for YAML exceptions and clear color delineation for problem items in the YAML config

Improvement

Configuration Loader

Update the config loader to include the filename with the stream

Improvement

Exception and Error Handling

Add new exception type for YAML exceptions, granulate the exception handler on the top level and add generic log output controls for info and error

Removed

ZAP False Positives

Disables certain zap plugins causing false positive reports in scanned applications

August 20, 2020

HawkScan (0.8.4)

Improvement

Improved GraphQL scanning support

Fixed

Auth recheck on long running scans

Fixed

Modified HawkScan memory settings

August 17, 2020

StackHawk Platform

Added

Billing

Choose between the Startup, KaaKaww, or Enterprise Plans on the StackHawk settings page

Added

Bamboo Integration

Find documentation on the StackHawk Bamboo Integration from the Integrations tab

Improvement

Findings Management Controls

Improved display of findings status in the right panel, linking to Jira from the right panel and updating status experience

Improvement

Settings page routing

Each page of the settings menu has a dedicated URL

Fixed

Applications Card Display

Increased size of the kebab button on the cards of the Applications page

Fixed

Getting Started Flow

Refreshing the page during the Getting Started flow will preserve your progress in the flow

August 17, 2020

HawkScan (0.8.2)

Fixed

Bug related to scanning for organizations without a subscription

August 17, 2020

HawkScan (0.8.0)

Added

Check for valid subscription when scanning

Improvement

Copy in terminal scan results output text

August 3, 2020

StackHawk Platform

Added

Pagination

Data returned for Findings and Scans tables is paginated to improve performance of unbounded data lists

Added

Password Reset

Reset your password for accessing the StackHawk platform from the profile page

Improvement

Settings Navigation

Settings navigation is optimized for mobile and small screen sizes

Improvement

Graph Popover

Hovering over the graphs on the Applications page will display details of a specific scan

Improvement

Applications Options

From the Applications page view your latest scan results for a specific application by choosing one of the options in the kebab menu

July 22, 2020

StackHawk Platform

Added

Applications and Environments Overview

See current status, history of past scans, and manage your applications and environments via the Applications tab in the sidebar

Improvement

Finding Details pagination

Findings Details page contains pagination controls

Improvement

Mobile UI

Modals display has been improved for usability on smaller screen sizes

Fixed

Cleanup Jira page request to remove excessive calls to get Jira projects and issues

July 13, 2020

StackHawk Platform

Added

Jira Integration

Integrate with your Jira Software instance to manage your appsec bugs by assigning and linking to Jira tickets

Added

Scan Filtering

Filter scans in the Scans List by Application and Environment

Added

Integrations

New link to Azure Pipelines HawkDocs

Improvement

Findings Management

Scan findings URLs are now sorted alphabetically as well as by status

June 29, 2020

HawkScan (0.7.2)

Added

Header Replacer Support

Enables manipulation of request headers to better support apps running behind a proxy

Added

GraphQL Config Section

Support for tuning the GraphQL introspection process

Added

Rate Limiting Controls

Provides more control over the aggressiveness of the scanning capability

Added

Kotlin Scripting Support

ZAP open source contribution for Kotlin support

Added

Passthrough Config Support for ZAP

Supports advanced ZAP configuration via StackHawk YAML

Improvement

GraphQL Introspection

More support for enumeration types and improvements to the test query builder

Improvement

Flexible logging control for ZAP

Adds support for debug logging

Improvement

Transparent localhost proxy instead of url rewriting

Better support for scanning localhost networking scenarios and reverse proxies

June 19, 2020

StackHawk Platform

Added

Paths tab

Assess completeness of scans by reviewing all paths scanned by HawkScan

Added

Integrations

New links to Concourse CI and Github Actions HawkDocs

Improvement

Findings Management

Bulk controls UI improvements, findings table UI improvements, and findings are sorted alphabetically

Improvement

Findings Management Alert Rules

Alert rules are now specific to request method

Improvement

Scans Table

Pagination controls are accessible at the top of the Scans table

Improvement

This Announcement Panel!

See specific changes for HawkScan and StackHawk platform

Fixed

Applications Page Results

See up to 100 applications on Applications page

Fixed

Invite users popup UX fixes

Fixed

URI Truncation

URI truncation in many places throughout the application for readability

Fixed

Validate Findings

curl command generated with double quotes around request body

June 6, 2020

HawkScan (0.6.14)

Added

Terminal Output

Scan progress is now printed to the terminal output

Added

GraphQL Querying Improvements

June 5, 2020

StackHawk Platform

Added

StackHawk Authentication

Log in using any email via StackHawk authentication, or OAuth via Google and Github

Improvement

Findings Management

Take action from the Findings Management right panel for triaging your application’s security vulnerabilities

Fixed

App Creation Wizard

Add missing escape characters to downloaded StackHawk.yml from App Creation Wizard

May 29, 2020

StackHawk Platform

Added

This Announcement Panel!

Announcement panel is a source for release notes, social links, docs and submitting feedback

Added

Findings Management

Users may now triage scan findings by marking them as Assigned, Risk Accepted or False Positive

Added

Scans List Table

As part of Findings Management, the scan list will now reflect new findings (not yet triaged) and a count of triaged findings

Improvement

Browser Support and Logout Notification

Users on unsupported browsers will see a new informational page, and users logged out due to inactivity will be notified via toast notification

Improvement

Faster Performance for Scan Findings Display

May 14, 2020

HawkScan (0.6.6)

Improvement

Support for GraphQL Union and Interface Types

Improvement

Support OpenAPI and Graphql API Scanning with same Config and App

HawkScan now supports configuration for customers that utilize both OpenAPI spec and GraphQL API scanning

Fixed

Gitlab DAST Report Updates

Customers utilizing the StackHawk integration with Gitlab will now see findings updated in their report dashboard.

May 8, 2020

StackHawk Platform

Added

Curl Attack Regenerator

Users may quickly validate a finding by clicking the “Recreate” button. This generates a curl command that a user may paste into their terminal in debug mode and quickly recreate an attack

Improvement

Improvements to the Getting-Started Page Navigation

Improvement

Scan List Pagination

Improvement

Improvements to Mobile Styling

May 8, 2020

HawkScan (0.6.4)

Added

GitLab CI/CD Service Templates

May 4, 2020

StackHawk Platform

Added

Advanced Slack Integration Configuration

You may now configure updates from specific applications to be sent to specific channels in Slack, ensuring that your teams are only getting updates about the applications relevant to their workflow

Fixed

Logout event percolates across all open tabs

Fixed

Login-timeout redirects will take you to the last requested page instead of the last visited page

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