diff --git a/.ci/check b/.ci/check
index a778d1a2..f84378fb 100755
--- a/.ci/check
+++ b/.ci/check
@@ -19,4 +19,9 @@ source "${SOURCE_PATH}/.ci/common.sh"
 
 echo "> Check..."
 make check
-echo "All checks are passing"
\ No newline at end of file
+
+# Run Static Application Security Testing (SAST) using gosec
+echo "> SAST..."
+make sast-report
+
+echo -e "\nAll checks are passing"
diff --git a/.ci/pipeline_definitions b/.ci/pipeline_definitions
index 2762f599..eb598bdb 100644
--- a/.ci/pipeline_definitions
+++ b/.ci/pipeline_definitions
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 etcd-wrapper:
   base_definition:
+    repo:
+      source_labels:
+        - name: cloud.gardener.cnudie/dso/scanning-hints/source_analysis/v1
+          value:
+            policy: skip
+            comment: |
+              we use gosec for sast scanning. See attached log.
     traits:
       version:
         preprocess:
@@ -61,6 +68,16 @@ etcd-wrapper:
               image: europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/gardener/etcd-wrapper
         release:
           nextversion: 'bump_minor'
+          assets:
+            - type: build-step-log
+              step_name: check
+              purposes:
+                - lint
+                - sast
+                - gosec
+              comment: |
+                we use gosec (linter) for SAST scans
+                see: https://github.com/securego/gosec
         slack:
           default_channel: 'internal_scp_workspace'
           channel_cfgs:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7de589c3..501b9e0c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,3 +33,6 @@ go.work
 # Ignore downloaded binaries
 /bin
 /hack/tools/bin
+
+# gosec
+gosec-report.sarif
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bdc5bf1f..bd43ff3a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,4 +29,12 @@ revendor:
 
 .PHONY: check
 check: $(GOLANGCI_LINT)
-	@./hack/check.sh --golangci-lint-config=./.golangci.yaml ./internal/...
\ No newline at end of file
+	@./hack/check.sh --golangci-lint-config=./.golangci.yaml ./internal/...
+
+.PHONY: sast
+sast: $(GOSEC)
+	@./hack/sast.sh
+
+.PHONY: sast-report
+sast-report: $(GOSEC)
+	@./hack/sast.sh --gosec-report true
diff --git a/hack/sast.sh b/hack/sast.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..23e84a75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/sast.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company and Gardener contributors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+set -e
+
+root_dir="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )/.." &> /dev/null && pwd )"
+
+gosec_report="false"
+gosec_report_parse_flags=""
+
+parse_flags() {
+  while test $# -gt 1; do
+    case "$1" in
+      --gosec-report)
+        shift; gosec_report="$1"
+        ;;
+      *)
+        echo "Unknown argument: $1"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+    esac
+    shift
+  done
+}
+
+parse_flags "$@"
+
+echo "> Running gosec"
+gosec --version
+if [[ "$gosec_report" != "false" ]]; then
+  echo "Exporting report to $root_dir/gosec-report.sarif"
+  gosec_report_parse_flags="-track-suppressions -fmt=sarif -out=gosec-report.sarif -stdout"
+fi
+
+# exclude generated code, hack directory (where hack scripts reside)
+# and tmp directory (where temporary mod files are downloaded)
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+gosec -exclude-generated -exclude-dir=hack -exclude-dir=tmp $gosec_report_parse_flags ./...
diff --git a/hack/tools.mk b/hack/tools.mk
index 294c890e..620e2fe8 100644
--- a/hack/tools.mk
+++ b/hack/tools.mk
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@
 TOOLS_DIR                  := hack/tools
 TOOLS_BIN_DIR              := $(TOOLS_DIR)/bin
 GOLANGCI_LINT              := $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)/golangci-lint
+GOSEC                      := $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)/gosec
 GO_ADD_LICENSE             := $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)/addlicense
 
 # default tool versions
 GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v1.61.0
+GOSEC_VERSION ?= v2.21.4
 GO_ADD_LICENSE_VERSION ?= latest
 
 export TOOLS_BIN_DIR := $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)
@@ -23,5 +25,8 @@ $(GOLANGCI_LINT): $(call tool_version_file,$(GOLANGCI_LINT),$(GOLANGCI_LINT_VERS
 	@# see https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/issues/1276
 	GOBIN=$(abspath $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)) CGO_ENABLED=1 go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@$(GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION)
 
+$(GOSEC): $(call tool_version_file,$(GOSEC),$(GOSEC_VERSION))
+	@GOSEC_VERSION=$(GOSEC_VERSION) $(TOOLS_DIR)/install-gosec.sh
+
 $(GO_ADD_LICENSE):
 	GOBIN=$(abspath $(TOOLS_BIN_DIR)) go install github.com/google/addlicense@$(GO_ADD_LICENSE_VERSION)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hack/tools/install-gosec.sh b/hack/tools/install-gosec.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..079dc91e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/tools/install-gosec.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company and Gardener contributors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+set -e
+
+echo "> Installing gosec"
+
+TOOLS_BIN_DIR=${TOOLS_BIN_DIR:-$(dirname $0)/bin}
+
+platform=$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+version=$GOSEC_VERSION
+case $(uname -m) in
+  aarch64 | arm64)
+    arch="arm64"
+    ;;
+  x86_64)
+    arch="amd64"
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Unknown architecture"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+archive_name="gosec_${version#v}_${platform}_${arch}"
+file_name="${archive_name}.tar.gz"
+
+temp_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
+function cleanup {
+  rm -rf "${temp_dir}"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT ERR INT TERM
+
+curl -L -o "${temp_dir}/${file_name}" "https://github.com/securego/gosec/releases/download/${version}/${file_name}"
+
+tar -xzm -C "${temp_dir}" -f "${temp_dir}/${file_name}"
+mv "${temp_dir}/gosec" $TOOLS_BIN_DIR
+chmod +x "${TOOLS_BIN_DIR}/gosec"
diff --git a/internal/app/readycheck.go b/internal/app/readycheck.go
index efea11c6..f966a646 100644
--- a/internal/app/readycheck.go
+++ b/internal/app/readycheck.go
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// ServerPort is the port number for the http server of etcd wrapper
-	ServerPort            = int64(9095)
-	etcdConnectionTimeout = 5 * time.Second
-	etcdGetTimeout        = 5 * time.Second
-	etcdQueryInterval     = 2 * time.Second
-	etcdEndpointPort      = "2379"
+	ServerPort                   = int64(9095)
+	etcdEndpointPort             = "2379"
+	etcdWrapperReadHeaderTimeout = 5 * time.Second
+	etcdConnectionTimeout        = 5 * time.Second
+	etcdGetTimeout               = 5 * time.Second
+	etcdQueryInterval            = 2 * time.Second
 )
 
 // queryAndUpdateEtcdReadiness periodically queries the etcd DB to check its readiness and updates the status
@@ -146,7 +147,8 @@ func (a *Application) RegisterHandler() {
 	mux.HandleFunc("/stop", a.stopEtcdHandler)
 
 	a.server = &http.Server{
-		Addr:    fmt.Sprintf(":%d", ServerPort),
-		Handler: mux,
+		Addr:              fmt.Sprintf(":%d", ServerPort),
+		Handler:           mux,
+		ReadHeaderTimeout: etcdWrapperReadHeaderTimeout,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap.go b/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap.go
index 81371536..8e8ea170 100644
--- a/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap.go
+++ b/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func CaptureExitCode(signal os.Signal, exitCodeFilePath string) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 	interruptSignal := []byte(signal.String())
-	return os.WriteFile(exitCodeFilePath, interruptSignal, 0644)
+	return os.WriteFile(exitCodeFilePath, interruptSignal, 0600)
 }
 
 // CleanupExitCode removes the `exit_code` file
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func (i *initializer) tryGetEtcdConfig(ctx context.Context, maxRetries int, inte
 func determineValidationMode(exitCodeFilePath string, logger *zap.Logger) brclient.ValidationType {
 	var err error
 	if _, err = os.Stat(exitCodeFilePath); err == nil {
-		data, err := os.ReadFile(exitCodeFilePath)
+		data, err := os.ReadFile(exitCodeFilePath) // #nosec G304 -- only path passed is `DefaultExitCodeFilePath`, no user input is used.
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Error("error in reading exitCodeFile, assuming full-validation to be done.", zap.String("exitCodeFilePath", exitCodeFilePath), zap.Error(err))
 			return brclient.FullValidation
diff --git a/internal/brclient/brclient.go b/internal/brclient/brclient.go
index 5b6f99cb..1a4b7b5b 100644
--- a/internal/brclient/brclient.go
+++ b/internal/brclient/brclient.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func (c *brClient) GetEtcdConfig(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	if err = os.WriteFile(c.etcdConfigFilePath, etcdConfigBytes, 0644); err != nil {
+	if err = os.WriteFile(c.etcdConfigFilePath, etcdConfigBytes, 0600); err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	return c.etcdConfigFilePath, nil
diff --git a/internal/testutil/tls.go b/internal/testutil/tls.go
index a16188a6..599c68c8 100644
--- a/internal/testutil/tls.go
+++ b/internal/testutil/tls.go
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ func (c *CertKeyPair) EncodeAndWrite(dir string, certFileName, keyFileName strin
 	key := x509.MarshalPKCS1PrivateKey(&c.PrivateKey)
 	pemKeyBytes := pemEncode(key, "RSA PRIVATE KEY")
 	privateKeyPath := filepath.Join(dir, keyFileName)
-	err := os.WriteFile(privateKeyPath, pemKeyBytes, os.ModePerm)
+	err := os.WriteFile(privateKeyPath, pemKeyBytes, 0600)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write private key to dir: %s: err: %v", dir, err)
 	}
 	pemCertBytes := pemEncode(c.CertBytes, "CERTIFICATE")
 	certPath := filepath.Join(dir, certFileName)
-	err = os.WriteFile(certPath, pemCertBytes, os.ModePerm)
+	err = os.WriteFile(certPath, pemCertBytes, 0600)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write certificate to dir: %s: err: %v", dir, err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/util/tls.go b/internal/util/tls.go
index 0991a5b2..f64bdd9d 100644
--- a/internal/util/tls.go
+++ b/internal/util/tls.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 // CreateCACertPool creates a CA cert pool gives a CA cert bundle
 func CreateCACertPool(caCertBundlePath string) (*x509.CertPool, error) {
-	caCertBundle, err := os.ReadFile(caCertBundlePath)
+	caCertBundle, err := os.ReadFile(caCertBundlePath) // #nosec G304 -- path is generated by etcd-backup-restore server's /config handler.
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ type KeyPair struct {
 
 // CreateTLSConfig creates a TLS Config to be used for TLS communication.
 func CreateTLSConfig(tlsEnabledFn IsTLSEnabledFn, serverName, caCertPath string, keyPair *KeyPair) (*tls.Config, error) {
-	tlsConf := tls.Config{}
+	tlsConf := tls.Config{} // #nosec G402 -- tlsConf.MinVersion=1.2 by default.
 	if !tlsEnabledFn() {
-		tlsConf.InsecureSkipVerify = true
+		tlsConf.InsecureSkipVerify = true // #nosec G402 -- InsecureSkipVerify is set to true only when TLS is disabled.
 		return &tlsConf, nil
 	}