
Analyzing Api Gateway Access Logs
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analyzing-api-gateway-access-logs is a cybersecurity agent skill that parses API gateway access logs to identify traffic patterns, diagnose performance issues, and detect security anomalies in production backends.
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analyzing-api-gateway-access-logs is an agent skill from mukul975/anthropic-cybersecurity-skills licensed under Apache 2.0 for investigating API gateway access logs in production backends. The skill guides developers through parsing request volumes, status code distributions, latency spikes, client IP clusters, and unusual endpoint access that may indicate abuse or misconfiguration. Developers reach for it during incident response, post-deploy performance regressions, or routine security reviews of AWS API Gateway, Kong, NGINX, or similar gateway log formats. It produces traffic summaries, anomaly flags, and remediation hints rather than replacing a SIEM. The workflow assumes raw or exported access log files or streams and focuses on pattern recognition across HTTP methods, paths, and response codes.
- Diagnose latency and error patterns in production
- Detect suspicious traffic and security threats
- Optimize API performance with data-driven insights
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How do you analyze API gateway access logs?
Identify traffic patterns, diagnose performance issues, and detect potential security anomalies in their backend.
Who is it for?
Backend and security engineers investigating production API gateway logs for performance drops or suspicious traffic.
Skip if: Developers who need automated WAF rule deployment without manual log review and incident triage steps.
When should I use this skill?
A developer uploads or references API gateway access logs and asks about traffic anomalies, latency issues, or security patterns.
What you get
Traffic pattern summary, latency diagnosis, security anomaly flags, and endpoint abuse indicators from gateway logs
- traffic analysis report
- anomaly flags
- latency diagnosis
By the numbers
- Licensed under Apache License 2.0 in the anthropic-cybersecurity-skills repository
Files
Analyzing API Gateway Access Logs
When to Use
- When investigating security incidents that require analyzing api gateway access logs
- When building detection rules or threat hunting queries for this domain
- When SOC analysts need structured procedures for this analysis type
- When validating security monitoring coverage for related attack techniques
Prerequisites
- Familiarity with security operations concepts and tools
- Access to a test or lab environment for safe execution
- Python 3.8+ with required dependencies installed
- Appropriate authorization for any testing activities
Instructions
Parse API gateway access logs to identify attack patterns including broken object level authorization (BOLA), excessive data exposure, and injection attempts.
import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_json("api_gateway_logs.json", lines=True)
# Detect BOLA: same user accessing many different resource IDs
bola = df.groupby(["user_id", "endpoint"]).agg(
unique_ids=("resource_id", "nunique")).reset_index()
suspicious = bola[bola["unique_ids"] > 50]Key detection patterns: 1. BOLA/IDOR: sequential resource ID enumeration 2. Rate limit bypass via header manipulation 3. Credential scanning (401 surges from single source) 4. SQL/NoSQL injection in query parameters 5. Unusual HTTP methods (DELETE, PATCH) on read-only endpoints
Examples
# Detect 401 surges indicating credential scanning
auth_failures = df[df["status_code"] == 401]
scanner_ips = auth_failures.groupby("source_ip").size()
scanners = scanner_ips[scanner_ips > 100]
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API Reference: Analyzing API Gateway Access Logs
AWS API Gateway Log Fields
{
"requestId": "abc-123",
"ip": "203.0.113.50",
"httpMethod": "GET",
"resourcePath": "/api/users/{id}",
"status": 200,
"requestTime": "2025-03-15T14:00:00Z",
"responseLength": 1024
}Pandas Log Analysis
import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_json("access_logs.json", lines=True)
# BOLA detection
df.groupby("user_id")["resource_id"].nunique()
# Auth failure surge
df[df["status_code"] == 401].groupby("source_ip").size()
# Request velocity
df.set_index("timestamp").resample("1min").size()OWASP API Top 10 Patterns
| Risk | Detection Pattern |
|---|---|
| BOLA (API1) | User accessing > 50 unique resource IDs |
| Broken Auth (API2) | > 100 401/403 from single IP |
| Excessive Data (API3) | Response size > 10x average |
| Rate Limit (API4) | > 100 req/min from single IP |
| BFLA (API5) | DELETE/PUT on read-only endpoints |
| Injection (API8) | SQL/NoSQL patterns in params |
Injection Regex Patterns
sql = r"union\s+select|drop\s+table|'\s*or\s+'1'"
nosql = r"\$ne|\$gt|\$regex|\$where"
xss = r"<script|javascript:|onerror="
path_traversal = r"\.\./\.\./|/etc/passwd"References
- OWASP API Security Top 10: https://owasp.org/API-Security/
- AWS API Gateway logging: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/apigateway/latest/developerguide/
- pandas: https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Agent for analyzing API Gateway access logs for security threats."""
import re
import json
import argparse
from datetime import datetime
import pandas as pd
def load_api_logs(log_path):
"""Load API gateway logs from JSON lines or CSV."""
if log_path.endswith(".csv"):
return pd.read_csv(log_path, parse_dates=["timestamp"])
return pd.read_json(log_path, lines=True)
def detect_bola_attacks(df, threshold=50):
"""Detect Broken Object Level Authorization (BOLA/IDOR) attacks."""
findings = []
if "resource_id" not in df.columns:
path_col = "request_path" if "request_path" in df.columns else "path"
df["resource_id"] = df[path_col].str.extract(r'/(\d+)(?:/|$|\?)')
df_with_ids = df.dropna(subset=["resource_id"])
if df_with_ids.empty:
return findings
user_col = "user_id" if "user_id" in df.columns else "source_ip"
grouped = df_with_ids.groupby([user_col]).agg(
unique_resources=("resource_id", "nunique"),
total_requests=("resource_id", "count"),
).reset_index()
bola_suspects = grouped[grouped["unique_resources"] >= threshold]
for _, row in bola_suspects.iterrows():
findings.append({
"user": row[user_col],
"unique_resources_accessed": int(row["unique_resources"]),
"total_requests": int(row["total_requests"]),
"type": "BOLA/IDOR",
"severity": "CRITICAL",
})
return findings
def detect_auth_scanning(df, threshold=100):
"""Detect credential scanning via 401/403 response surges."""
findings = []
auth_failures = df[df["status_code"].isin([401, 403])]
if auth_failures.empty:
return findings
ip_col = "source_ip" if "source_ip" in df.columns else "client_ip"
ip_failures = auth_failures.groupby(ip_col).agg(
failure_count=("status_code", "count"),
unique_endpoints=("request_path", "nunique") if "request_path" in df.columns
else ("path", "nunique"),
).reset_index()
scanners = ip_failures[ip_failures["failure_count"] >= threshold]
for _, row in scanners.iterrows():
findings.append({
"source_ip": row[ip_col],
"auth_failures": int(row["failure_count"]),
"endpoints_probed": int(row["unique_endpoints"]),
"type": "credential_scanning",
"severity": "HIGH",
})
return findings
def detect_injection_attempts(df):
"""Detect SQL/NoSQL injection attempts in request parameters."""
injection_patterns = [
r"(?:union\s+select|select\s+.*\s+from|drop\s+table|insert\s+into)",
r"(?:'\s*or\s+'1'\s*=\s*'1|'\s*or\s+1\s*=\s*1)",
r'(?:\$ne|\$gt|\$lt|\$regex|\$where)',
r'(?:<script|javascript:|onerror=|onload=)',
r'(?:\.\./\.\./|/etc/passwd|/proc/self)',
]
findings = []
path_col = "request_path" if "request_path" in df.columns else "path"
query_col = "query_string" if "query_string" in df.columns else path_col
for _, row in df.iterrows():
request_str = str(row.get(query_col, "")) + str(row.get("request_body", ""))
for pattern in injection_patterns:
if re.search(pattern, request_str, re.IGNORECASE):
findings.append({
"source_ip": row.get("source_ip", row.get("client_ip", "")),
"path": row.get(path_col, ""),
"pattern_matched": pattern,
"type": "injection_attempt",
"severity": "HIGH",
})
break
return findings[:500]
def detect_rate_limit_bypass(df, window="1min", threshold=100):
"""Detect rate limit bypass attempts."""
findings = []
ip_col = "source_ip" if "source_ip" in df.columns else "client_ip"
df_copy = df.copy()
df_copy["timestamp"] = pd.to_datetime(df_copy["timestamp"])
df_copy = df_copy.set_index("timestamp")
for ip, group in df_copy.groupby(ip_col):
resampled = group.resample(window).size()
bursts = resampled[resampled > threshold]
if len(bursts) > 0:
findings.append({
"source_ip": ip,
"max_requests_per_min": int(resampled.max()),
"burst_periods": len(bursts),
"type": "rate_limit_bypass",
"severity": "MEDIUM",
})
return sorted(findings, key=lambda x: x["max_requests_per_min"], reverse=True)[:50]
def detect_unusual_methods(df):
"""Detect unusual HTTP methods on typically read-only endpoints."""
findings = []
dangerous_methods = {"DELETE", "PUT", "PATCH"}
method_col = "method" if "method" in df.columns else "http_method"
path_col = "request_path" if "request_path" in df.columns else "path"
unusual = df[df[method_col].str.upper().isin(dangerous_methods)]
for _, row in unusual.iterrows():
findings.append({
"source_ip": row.get("source_ip", row.get("client_ip", "")),
"method": row[method_col],
"path": row[path_col],
"status_code": int(row.get("status_code", 0)),
"type": "unusual_method",
"severity": "MEDIUM",
})
return findings[:200]
def main():
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="API Gateway Log Analysis Agent")
parser.add_argument("--log-file", required=True, help="API gateway log file")
parser.add_argument("--output", default="api_gateway_report.json")
parser.add_argument("--action", choices=[
"bola", "auth_scan", "injection", "rate_limit", "full_analysis"
], default="full_analysis")
args = parser.parse_args()
df = load_api_logs(args.log_file)
report = {"generated_at": datetime.utcnow().isoformat(), "total_requests": len(df),
"findings": {}}
print(f"[+] Loaded {len(df)} API requests")
if args.action in ("bola", "full_analysis"):
findings = detect_bola_attacks(df)
report["findings"]["bola"] = findings
print(f"[+] BOLA suspects: {len(findings)}")
if args.action in ("auth_scan", "full_analysis"):
findings = detect_auth_scanning(df)
report["findings"]["auth_scanning"] = findings
print(f"[+] Auth scanners: {len(findings)}")
if args.action in ("injection", "full_analysis"):
findings = detect_injection_attempts(df)
report["findings"]["injection_attempts"] = findings
print(f"[+] Injection attempts: {len(findings)}")
if args.action in ("rate_limit", "full_analysis"):
findings = detect_rate_limit_bypass(df)
report["findings"]["rate_limit_bypass"] = findings
print(f"[+] Rate limit bypasses: {len(findings)}")
with open(args.output, "w") as f:
json.dump(report, f, indent=2, default=str)
print(f"[+] Report saved to {args.output}")
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
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FAQ
What log sources does analyzing-api-gateway-access-logs support?
analyzing-api-gateway-access-logs targets API gateway access logs from common proxies such as AWS API Gateway, Kong, and NGINX. Developers supply raw or exported logs; the skill summarizes traffic, latency, and anomaly signals.
What security signals does the skill detect?
analyzing-api-gateway-access-logs flags unusual endpoint access, IP clustering, auth failures, and error bursts in gateway logs. Outputs include anomaly summaries and triage hints for backend and security engineers during incidents.
Is Analyzing Api Gateway Access Logs safe to install?
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