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Using CycloneDX namespaces with Amazon Inspector

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Amazon Inspector provides you with CycloneDX namespaces and property names that you can use with SBOMs. This section describes all of the custom key/value properties that might be added to components in CycloneDX SBOMs. For more information, see CycloneDX property taxonomy on the GitHub website.

amazon:inspector:sbom_scanner namespace taxonomy

The Amazon Inspector Scan API uses the amazon:inspector:sbom_scanner namespace and has the following properties:

Property Description
amazon:inspector:sbom_scanner:cisa_kev_date_added Indicates when the vulnerability was added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
amazon:inspector:sbom_scanner:cisa_kev_date_due Indicates when the vulnerability fix is due according to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
amazon:inspector:sbom_scanner:critical_vulnerabilities Count of the total number of critical severity vulnerabilities found in the SBOM.
amazon:inspector:sbom_scanner:exploit_available Indicates if an exploit is available for the given vulnerability.
amazon:inspector:sbom_scanner:exploit_last_seen_in_public Indicates when an exploit was last seen in public for the given vulnerability.
amazon:inspector:sbom_scanner:fixed_version:component_bom_ref Provides the fixed version of the indicated component for the given vulnerability.
amazon:inspector:sbom_scanner:high_vulnerabilities Count of the total number of high severity vulnerabilities found in the SBOM.
amazon:inspector:sbom_scanner:info Provides scan context for a given component, for example: "Component scanned: no vulnerabilities found."
amazon:inspector:sbom_scanner:is_malicious Indicates if OpenSSF identifies affected components as malicious.
amazon:inspector:sbom_scanner:low_vulnerabilities Count of the total number of low severity vulnerabilities found in the SBOM.
amazon:inspector:sbom_scanner:medium_vulnerabilities Count of the total number of medium severity vulnerabilities found in the SBOM.
amazon:inspector:sbom_scanner:path The path to the file that yields the subject package information.
amazon:inspector:sbom_scanner:priority The recommended priority for fixing a given vulnerability. The values in descending order are "IMMEDIATE", "URGENT", "MODERATE", and "STANDARD".
amazon:inspector:sbom_scanner:priority_intelligence The quality of intelligence used to determine the priority for a given vulnerability. The values include "VERIFIED" or "UNVERIFIED".
amazon:inspector:sbom_scanner:warning Provides context for a why a given component was not scanned, for example: "Component skipped: no purl provided."

amazon:inspector:sbom_generator namespace taxonomy

The Amazon Inspector SBOM Generator uses the amazon:inspector:sbom_generator namespace and has the following properties:

Property Description
amazon:inspector:sbom_generator:cpu_architecture The CPU architecture of the system being inventoried (x86_64).
amazon:inspector:sbom_generator:ec2:instance_id The Amazon EC2 instance ID.
amazon:inspector:sbom_generator:live_patching_enabled A boolean value indicating whether live patching is enabled on Amazon EC2 Amazon Linux.
amazon:inspector:sbom_generator:live_patched_cves A list of CVEs patched through live patching on Amazon EC2 Amazon Linux.
amazon:inspector:sbom_generator:dockerfile_finding:inspector_finding_id Indicates that an Amazon Inspector finding in a component is related to Dockerfile checks.
amazon:inspector:sbom_generator:image_id The hash belonging to the container image config file (also known as the Image ID).
amazon:inspector:sbom_generator:image_arch The architecture of the container image.
amazon:inspector:sbom_generator:image_author The author of the container image.
amazon:inspector:sbom_generator:image_docker_version The docker version used to build the container image.
amazon:inspector:sbom_generator:is_duplicate_package Indicates that the subject package was found by more than one file scanner.
amazon:inspector:sbom_generator:duplicate_purl Indicates the duplicated package PURL found by another scanner.
amazon:inspector:sbom_generator:kernel_name The kernel name of the system being inventoried.
amazon:inspector:sbom_generator:kernel_version The kernel version of the system being inventoried.
amazon:inspector:sbom_generator:kernel_component A boolean value indicating whether a subject package is a kernel component
amazon:inspector:sbom_generator:running_kernel A boolean value that indicates if a subject package is the running kernel
amazon:inspector:sbom_generator:layer_diff_id The hash of the uncompressed container image layer.
amazon:inspector:sbom_generator:replaced_by The value that replaces the current Go module.
amazon:inspector:sbom_generator:os_hostname The hostname of the system being inventoried.
amazon:inspector:sbom_generator:source_file_scanner The scanner that found the file that contains package information, for example: /var/lib/dpkg/status.
amazon:inspector:sbom_generator:source_package_collector The collector that extracted the package name and version from a specific file.
amazon:inspector:sbom_generator:source_path The path to the file that the subject package information was extracted from.
amazon:inspector:sbom_generator:file_size_bytes Indicates file size of a given artifact.
amazon:inspector:sbom_generator:unresolved_version

Indicates a version string that has not been resolved by package manager..

amazon:inspector:sbom_generator:experimental:transitive_dependency

Indicates indirect dependencies from a package manager.

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