ScoutSuite
ScoutSuite is a multi-cloud security-auditing tool that gathers configuration data and produces an HTML report of risk areas.
Legal & ethical use. Use this tool only on systems, networks and data that you own or have explicit written permission to test. Unauthorised access or scanning can break computer-misuse laws (for example Pakistan's Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016, and equivalents elsewhere). Practise in your own lab or in authorised environments such as CTFs.
What it is used for
- Review AWS/Azure/GCP configuration of a test account
- Generate a quick overview report
Key features
- Multi-cloud support
- Static HTML report
- Rule-based findings
Installation
Install with pip (`pip install scoutsuite`) or from the repository.
Beginner usage guide
Run against a sandbox cloud account and open the generated report to explore services and findings.
Example commands
Run these only against your own lab or authorised targets. Placeholder addresses such as 192.0.2.x are documentation ranges.
AWS audit (with configured credentials)
scout awsWrites an HTML report to scoutsuite-report/.
Keep learning
🚩 Practice challenge: Open Bucket Audit medium
References
Source verification
Last reviewed: 2026-10-27
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Command flags checked against the real binary scout () on 2026-10-27.