hounddogai / hounddog-action

GitHub Action for detecting sensitive data issues.

HoundDog.ai GitHub Action

Overview

HoundDog.ai's code scanner is designed to proactively detect issues related to sensitive data mishandling and leakages early in the development cycle. By using the application’s source code as the source of truth, security teams can ensure data security controls are integrated from the start, rather than later when the data is already in production. This shift-left approach reduces the risk of breaches from issues involving sensitive data being stored in logs, files, tokens, cookies, or when shared through APIs and with third-party systems.

Supported Programming Languages

• Java
• SQL
• GraphQL
• OpenAPI / Swagger

Inputs

Name	Description	Default
output_format	Output format. Allowed values are console, markdown and sarif.	sarif
output_filename	Output filename. Not applicable for the console output format.	hounddog.sarif

For more configuration options, please see the HoundDog.ai documentation.

Example

The GitHub Actions workflow below runs a HoundDog.ai scan on and uploads the results to GitHub Advanced Security:

name: HoundDog.ai Scan
on:
  pull_request:
    branches: [ main ]
jobs:
  hounddog:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: read
      security-events: write
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@master

      - name: Run HoundDog.ai scan
        uses: hounddogai/hounddog-action@v1
        with:
          output_format: sarif
          output_filename: hounddog.sarif

      - name: Upload scan results to GitHub Advanced Security
        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3
        with:
          sarif_file: hounddog.sarif

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