This release adds 3 notable features for engineering teams evaluating rollout.
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Summary
AI summaryNew IAM privilege escalation detection, What-If remediation simulator, root cause grouping, security posture trend tracking, and AI‑SPM checks.
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What's New in v2.0.0
IAM Privilege Escalation Detection
25 escalation methods across 6 categories. First maintained open-source replacement for PMapper (dead since 2022). Detects PassRole abuse, policy self-mutation, credential access, Lambda code modification, trust policy abuse, and permission boundary bypass.
What-If Remediation Simulator
cloud-audit simulate --fix aws-vpc-002
# Score: 34 -> 58 (+24) | Chains broken: 8 of 22 | Findings resolved: 11
See the impact of a fix before you apply it. No AWS API calls — runs locally on scan data.
Root Cause Grouping
"Fix 4 things, break 22 chains" — groups findings by root cause and ranks by chain-breaking impact. Quick Wins section shows LOW-effort fixes that break CRITICAL chains.
Security Posture Trend
cloud-audit trend
Tracks health score, attack chains, and risk exposure over time. History auto-saved after each scan.
AI-SPM (Bedrock + SageMaker)
5 new checks: model invocation logging, guardrails, notebook root access, notebook internet access, endpoint encryption. 3 new attack chains: AI Model Theft, LLMjacking, AI Data Poisoning.
Also
- Remediation CLI now injects real account ID (no more
ACCOUNT_IDplaceholders) - Terraform snippets completed with IAM roles, S3 buckets, KMS keys
- Compliance Beta labels (CIS + SOC 2 stable, 4 others beta)
- Cached
get_account_id()(1 STS call instead of 10+) - Windows cp1250 Unicode compatibility fix
94 checks | 23 services | 31 attack chains | 496 tests
Full changelog: CHANGELOG.md
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About gebalamariusz/cloud-audit
Open-source AWS security scanner with attack chain detection, breach cost estimation, and copy-paste remediation (CLI + Terraform). 47 checks, 16 attack chain rules. First free standalone AWS security MCP server.
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Earlier breaking changes
- v2.2.0 Category enum gains THREAT value, separating active-abuse from SECURITY misconfigurations.
Beta — feedback welcome: [email protected]