Owasp Zap Api Security Tester

---
name: "OWASP ZAP API Security Tester"
slug: "owasp-zap-api-security-tester"
description: "Runs automated DAST scans against REST and GraphQL APIs using OWASP ZAP daemon API. Detects injection flaws, broken auth, and CORS misconfigurations with detailed remediation steps."
github_stars: 14991
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/zaproxy/zaproxy"
category: "Security & Verification"
framework: "Codex"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "zaproxy/zaproxy"
  github_stars: 14991
---

# OWASP ZAP API Security Tester

Runs automated DAST scans against REST and GraphQL APIs using OWASP ZAP daemon API. Detects injection flaws, broken auth, and CORS misconfigurations with detailed remediation steps.

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- ![Docker Live Release](https://github.com/zaproxy/zaproxy/actions/workflows/release-live-docker.yml/badge.svg)

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- ![Integration Tests](https://github.com/zaproxy/zaproxy/actions/workflows/run-integration-tests.yml/badge.svg)

- Source: https://github.com/zaproxy/zaproxy
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zaproxy/zaproxy/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/owasp-zap-api-security-tester/)