Amazon Inspector

Amazon Inspector is an automated vulnerability management service that continually scans AWS workloads for software vulnerabilities and unintended network exposure, providing detailed findings and prioritized remediation guidance.

1 APIs 4 Features

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APIs

AWS Amazon Inspector API

The Amazon Inspector API provides programmatic access to vulnerability management for scanning EC2 instances, container images, and Lambda functions for software vulnerabilities...

Features

Automated Vulnerability Scanning

Continuously scans EC2, container images, and Lambda functions for software vulnerabilities.

Risk Scoring

Ranks vulnerabilities by exploitability and impact to prioritize remediation.

SBOM Export

Generates software bill of materials for scanned workloads.

Multi-Account Support

Manages vulnerability scanning across all accounts in an AWS Organization.

Use Cases

CI/CD Security Scanning

Automatically scan container images in ECR during build pipelines.

Compliance Reporting

Generate vulnerability reports for SOC 2, PCI DSS compliance.

Patch Prioritization

Prioritize OS patches based on exploitability scores.

Semantic Vocabularies

Amazon Inspector Context

102 classes · 226 properties

JSON-LD

API Governance Rules

Amazon Inspector API Rules

14 rules · 8 errors 5 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Resources

Documentation

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

SpectralRules

Sources

aid: amazon-inspector
name: Amazon Inspector
description: >-
  Amazon Inspector is an automated vulnerability management service that continually scans AWS workloads for software
  vulnerabilities and unintended network exposure, providing detailed findings and prioritized remediation guidance.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - AWS
  - Compliance
  - Container Security
  - EC2
  - Lambda
  - Security
  - Vulnerability Scanning
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-inspector/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: amazon-inspector:aws-inspector-api
    name: AWS Amazon Inspector API
    description: >-
      The Amazon Inspector API provides programmatic access to vulnerability management for scanning EC2 instances,
      container images, and Lambda functions for software vulnerabilities and network exposure.
    humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/inspector/
    baseURL: https://inspector2.amazonaws.com
    tags:
      - Compliance
      - Security
      - Vulnerability Scanning
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/inspector/latest/user/what-is-inspector.html
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/amazon-inspector-openapi-original.yml
      - type: GettingStarted
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/inspector/getting-started/
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/inspector/pricing/
      - type: FAQ
        url: https://aws.amazon.com/inspector/faqs/
common:
  - type: Portal
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/inspector/
  - type: Website
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/inspector/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/inspector/
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
  - type: PrivacyPolicy
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
  - type: Support
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
  - type: Blog
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/category/security-identity-compliance/amazon-inspector/
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/aws
  - type: Console
    url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/inspector/v2/home
  - type: SignUp
    url: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup
  - type: Login
    url: https://signin.aws.amazon.com/
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
  - type: Contact
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/amazon-inspector-spectral-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/amazon-inspector-vocabulary.yaml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-inspector-context.jsonld
  - type: Features
    data:
      - name: Automated Vulnerability Scanning
        description: Continuously scans EC2, container images, and Lambda functions for software vulnerabilities.
      - name: Risk Scoring
        description: Ranks vulnerabilities by exploitability and impact to prioritize remediation.
      - name: SBOM Export
        description: Generates software bill of materials for scanned workloads.
      - name: Multi-Account Support
        description: Manages vulnerability scanning across all accounts in an AWS Organization.
  - type: UseCases
    data:
      - name: CI/CD Security Scanning
        description: Automatically scan container images in ECR during build pipelines.
      - name: Compliance Reporting
        description: Generate vulnerability reports for SOC 2, PCI DSS compliance.
      - name: Patch Prioritization
        description: Prioritize OS patches based on exploitability scores.
  - type: Integrations
    data:
      - name: Amazon ECR
        description: Automatically scans container images stored in Elastic Container Registry.
      - name: AWS Security Hub
        description: Sends all findings to Security Hub for centralized visibility.
      - name: AWS Organizations
        description: Manages Inspector across all organizational accounts.
  - type: Integrations
    url: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace
integrations:
  - name: Agent Mode
  - name: Sign in
  - name: Become a Channel Partner
  - name: Resources
  - name: Sell in AWS Marketplace
  - name: Why AWS Marketplace?
  - name: Get started in AWS Marketplace
  - name: Manage Your Account
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]