Infrastructure as Code makes cloud deployment faster and more consistent, but it also makes mistakes repeatable. A single insecure setting can be deployed again and again if nobody catches it early.
When developers think about bugs, they usually imagine broken features, failed requests, or unexpected behavior in application code. But infrastructure can also have bugs, especially when it is defined with tools like Terraform.
That matters because a Terraform file can be valid and still be unsafe. A resource may deploy correctly, but if it exposes data, opens unnecessary access, or skips important security controls, the real problem is not syntax — it is configuration.
In this article, the focus is on a practical question: how can developers detect insecure infrastructure definitions before deployment? A useful answer is Checkov, a static analysis tool that scans Infrastructure as Code and helps identify cloud misconfigurations early.
Why infrastructure can also have “bugs”
