OWASP API Top 10

La autorización a nivel de función rota (BFLA) ha sido identificada como la quinta amenaza más crítica para las API en el Top 10 de Seguridad de API de OWASP, y con razón.

API requests consume resources such as network, CPU, memory, and storage. The amount of resources required to satisfy a request greatly depends on the input from the user and the business logic of the endpoint.

An API security solution must be able to identify and report on the large variety of sensitive data types that can be sent in API requests and responses, as well as any anomalous activity where attackers send manipulated API requests with unauthorized parameters.

Broken authentication is the second most critical API security threat listed in the OWASP API Security Top 10. Common examples of attacks targeting broken authentication include API enumeration and brute-forcing attacks that make high volumes of API requests with minor changes.

La falta de aplicación de la autorización a nivel de objeto puede llevar a la exfiltración de datos, así como a la visualización, modificación o destrucción no autorizada de datos.

Salt Security shares insights on the initial release candidate for the API Security Top 10 2023.