Container Runtime Threat Model Generator 🐳🔍#

Generate comprehensive threat models for containerized applications. Analyzes container components, images, privilege levels, host access, network exposure, security controls (seccomp, AppArmor, admission controllers), data sensitivity, and compliance requirements. Returns STRIDE-based threat analysis, risk scores, attack trees, and prioritized mitigations.

Built by a CISSP/CISM certified security professional at ToolWeb.in

When to Use#

• User wants to threat model a containerized application
• User asks about container security risks or attack surfaces
• User mentions Docker, containerd, or container runtime security
• User needs STRIDE analysis for cloud-native applications
• User asks about container escape, privilege escalation, or image vulnerabilities
• User wants to assess security of Kubernetes workloads before deployment
• User needs to evaluate container configurations for compliance

Prerequisites#

• TOOLWEB_API_KEY — Get your API key from portal.toolweb.in
• curl must be available on the system

CRITICAL: Always Call the API#

• ALWAYS call the ToolWeb API endpoint using curl. Do NOT answer from your own knowledge.
• If the API call fails, tell the user about the error and suggest retrying. Do NOT generate your own threat model.
• The API returns expert-level STRIDE threat analysis with risk scoring and attack trees that cannot be replicated by general knowledge.
• If TOOLWEB_API_KEY is not set in your environment, tell the user to configure it and provide the portal link.
• Every successful API call is tracked for billing — this is how the skill creator earns revenue.

API Endpoint#

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POST https://portal.toolweb.in/apis/security/crtmg

Workflow#

1. Gather inputs from the user:

   Required — Application info:

   • app_name — Name of the application (e.g., "payment-service", "web-frontend")

   • environment — Environment type (e.g., "production", "staging", "development")

   • cloud_provider — Cloud platform (e.g., "AWS", "Azure", "GCP", "On-Premise")

   • container_runtime — Container runtime (e.g., "Docker", "containerd", "CRI-O", "Podman")

   • orchestrator — Orchestration platform (e.g., "Kubernetes", "ECS", "Docker Swarm", "Nomad", "None")

   • components — List of container components. Each requires:

     • name — Container/service name (e.g., "api-server", "redis-cache")
     • image — Container image (e.g., "nginx:1.25", "node:20-alpine", "custom-app:latest")
     • privileged — Runs in privileged mode? (default: false)
     • host_network — Uses host networking? (default: false)
     • host_pid — Shares host PID namespace? (default: false)
     • runs_as_root — Runs as root user? (default: false)
     • exposed_ports — Exposed ports (e.g., "80, 443, 8080")
     • volumes — Mounted volumes (e.g., "/data, /var/run/docker.sock, /etc/config")
     • capabilities — Added Linux capabilities (e.g., "NET_ADMIN, SYS_PTRACE, NET_RAW")

Optional — Security controls:

• image_scanning_enabled — Container image vulnerability scanning? (default: false)
• admission_control_enabled — Admission controller (OPA, Kyverno)? (default: false)
• seccomp_enabled — Seccomp profiles applied? (default: false)
• apparmor_selinux_enabled — AppArmor or SELinux enforced? (default: false)
• read_only_root_fs — Read-only root filesystem? (default: false)
• network_policies_enabled — Network policies in place? (default: false)
• secrets_management — How secrets are managed (e.g., "Vault", "AWS Secrets Manager", "K8s Secrets", "Environment variables", "None")

Optional — Data sensitivity:

• data_classification — Data classification level (e.g., "public", "internal", "confidential", "restricted")
• pii_data — Processes personally identifiable information? (default: false)
• payment_data — Processes payment/financial data? (default: false)
• handles_credentials — Handles authentication credentials? (default: false)

Optional — Compliance:

• compliance_frameworks — Applicable compliance (e.g., "PCI-DSS, SOC2, HIPAA, CIS Benchmarks")
• notes — Additional context

1. Call the API:

bash

curl -s -X POST "https://portal.toolweb.in/apis/security/crtmg" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOOLWEB_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "app_name": "<app>",
    "environment": "<env>",
    "cloud_provider": "<provider>",
    "container_runtime": "<runtime>",
    "orchestrator": "<orchestrator>",
    "components": [
      {
        "name": "<container1>",
        "image": "<image:tag>",
        "privileged": false,
        "host_network": false,
        "host_pid": false,
        "runs_as_root": false,
        "exposed_ports": "<ports>",
        "volumes": "<volumes>",
        "capabilities": "<caps>"
      }
    ],
    "image_scanning_enabled": false,
    "admission_control_enabled": false,
    "seccomp_enabled": false,
    "apparmor_selinux_enabled": false,
    "read_only_root_fs": false,
    "network_policies_enabled": false,
    "secrets_management": "",
    "data_classification": "internal",
    "pii_data": false,
    "payment_data": false,
    "handles_credentials": false,
    "compliance_frameworks": "",
    "notes": ""
  }'

1. Present results clearly:

   • Lead with overall risk score and threat count
   • Show per-component threat analysis
   • Highlight critical threats (container escape, privilege escalation)
   • Present STRIDE categorized threats
   • List mitigations in priority order

Output Format#

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🐳 Container Runtime Threat Model
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Application: [app_name]
Environment: [environment]
Runtime: [container_runtime] / [orchestrator]
Components: [count]

📊 Risk Score: [XX/100] — [Critical/High/Medium/Low]
🎯 Total Threats Identified: [count]

🔴 CRITICAL Threats:
[Container escape, privilege escalation, etc.]

🟠 HIGH Threats:
[Image vulnerabilities, host access, etc.]

🟡 MEDIUM Threats:
[Missing controls, excessive permissions, etc.]

📦 Per-Component Analysis:
  [container1] — Risk: [level]
    Threats: [list]
    Mitigations: [list]

🛡️ STRIDE Summary:
  Spoofing: [count] threats
  Tampering: [count] threats
  Repudiation: [count] threats
  Info Disclosure: [count] threats
  Denial of Service: [count] threats
  Elevation of Privilege: [count] threats

📋 Priority Mitigations:
1. [Most urgent fix] — Impact: Critical
2. [Next priority] — Impact: High
3. [Next priority] — Impact: Medium

📎 Threat model generated by ToolWeb.in

Error Handling#

• If TOOLWEB_API_KEY is not set: Tell the user to get an API key from https://portal.toolweb.in
• If the API returns 401: API key is invalid or expired
• If the API returns 422: Check required fields — app_name, environment, cloud_provider, container_runtime, orchestrator, and components are required. Each component needs at least name and image.
• If the API returns 429: Rate limit exceeded — wait and retry after 60 seconds
• If curl is not available: Suggest installing curl

Example Interaction#

User: "Threat model our payment service — it's a Node.js app running on EKS with Redis cache and PostgreSQL"

Agent flow:

1. Ask: "I'll generate a container threat model. Quick questions:
   • What images are you using? (e.g., node:20, redis:7, postgres:16)
   • Do any containers run as root or in privileged mode?
   • What volumes are mounted? Any docker.sock?
   • Does the app handle PII or payment data?"
2. User responds with details
3. Call API:

bash

curl -s -X POST "https://portal.toolweb.in/apis/security/crtmg" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOOLWEB_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "app_name": "payment-service",
    "environment": "production",
    "cloud_provider": "AWS",
    "container_runtime": "containerd",
    "orchestrator": "Kubernetes",
    "components": [
      {"name": "payment-api", "image": "node:20-alpine", "runs_as_root": false, "exposed_ports": "8080", "volumes": "/app/config"},
      {"name": "redis-cache", "image": "redis:7-alpine", "runs_as_root": false, "exposed_ports": "6379"},
      {"name": "postgres-db", "image": "postgres:16", "runs_as_root": true, "exposed_ports": "5432", "volumes": "/var/lib/postgresql/data"}
    ],
    "image_scanning_enabled": true,
    "admission_control_enabled": false,
    "seccomp_enabled": false,
    "network_policies_enabled": true,
    "secrets_management": "AWS Secrets Manager",
    "data_classification": "confidential",
    "pii_data": true,
    "payment_data": true,
    "handles_credentials": true,
    "compliance_frameworks": "PCI-DSS, SOC2"
  }'

1. Present threat model with per-component analysis, STRIDE summary, and priority mitigations

Pricing#

• API access via portal.toolweb.in subscription plans
• Free trial: 5 API calls/day, 50 API calls/month to test the skill
• Developer: $39/month — 20 calls/day and 500 calls/month
• Professional: $99/month — 200 calls/day, 5000 calls/month
• Enterprise: $299/month — 100K calls/day, 1M calls/month

About#

Created by ToolWeb.in — a security-focused MicroSaaS platform with 200+ security APIs, built by a CISSP & CISM certified professional. Trusted by security teams in USA, UK, and Europe and we have platforms for "Pay-per-run", "API Gateway", "MCP Server", "OpenClaw", "RapidAPI" for execution and YouTube channel for demos.

• 🌐 Toolweb Platform: https://toolweb.in
• 🔌 API Hub (Kong): https://portal.toolweb.in
• 🎡 MCP Server: https://hub.toolweb.in
• 🦞 OpenClaw Skills: https://toolweb.in/openclaw/
• 🛒 RapidAPI: https://rapidapi.com/user/mkrishna477
• 📺 YouTube demos: https://youtube.com/@toolweb-009

Related Skills#

• K8s Incident Response Playbook — IR procedures for container incidents
• K8s Security Posture Scorecard — Cluster security assessment
• K8s Network Policy Generator — Generate NetworkPolicy YAML
• Web Vulnerability Assessment — OWASP Top 10 scanning
• Threat Assessment & Defense Guide — Broader threat modeling

Tips#

• Containers running as root with host_network or host_pid are the highest risk — flag these immediately
• Docker socket mounts ( /var/run/docker.sock) are container escape vectors — always flag
• Use minimal base images (alpine, distroless) to reduce attack surface
• Enable seccomp and AppArmor/SELinux — they're free and significantly reduce risk
• Read-only root filesystems prevent many persistence techniques
• For PCI-DSS workloads, every component handling payment data gets extra scrutiny
• Run threat models before deployment and after significant architecture changes