diff --git a/internal/commands/scan.go b/internal/commands/scan.go
index 56dca2260..e39a16b13 100644
--- a/internal/commands/scan.go
+++ b/internal/commands/scan.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -1648,7 +1649,8 @@ func runCreateScanCommand(
 				return err
 			}
 
-			err = applyThreshold(cmd, resultsWrapper, exportWrapper, scanResponseModel, thresholdMap)
+			err = applyThreshold(cmd, resultsWrapper, exportWrapper, scanResponseModel, thresholdMap, risksOverviewWrapper)
+
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -1901,6 +1903,7 @@ func applyThreshold(
 	exportWrapper wrappers.ExportWrapper,
 	scanResponseModel *wrappers.ScanResponseModel,
 	thresholdMap map[string]int,
+	risksOverviewWrapper wrappers.RisksOverviewWrapper,
 ) error {
 	if len(thresholdMap) == 0 {
 		return nil
@@ -1912,7 +1915,8 @@ func applyThreshold(
 		params[commonParams.SastRedundancyFlag] = ""
 	}
 
-	summaryMap, err := getSummaryThresholdMap(resultsWrapper, exportWrapper, scanResponseModel, params)
+	summaryMap, err := getSummaryThresholdMap(resultsWrapper, exportWrapper, scanResponseModel, params, risksOverviewWrapper)
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -1995,21 +1999,35 @@ func parseThresholdLimit(limit string) (engineName string, intLimit int, err err
 	return engineName, intLimit, err
 }
 
-func getSummaryThresholdMap(resultsWrapper wrappers.ResultsWrapper, exportWrapper wrappers.ExportWrapper, scan *wrappers.ScanResponseModel, params map[string]string) (
-	map[string]int,
-	error,
-) {
+func getSummaryThresholdMap(
+	resultsWrapper wrappers.ResultsWrapper,
+	exportWrapper wrappers.ExportWrapper,
+	scan *wrappers.ScanResponseModel,
+	params map[string]string,
+	risksOverviewWrapper wrappers.RisksOverviewWrapper,
+) (map[string]int, error) {
+	summaryMap := make(map[string]int)
 	results, err := ReadResults(resultsWrapper, exportWrapper, scan, params)
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	summaryMap := make(map[string]int)
 	for _, result := range results.Results {
 		if isExploitable(result.State) {
 			key := strings.ToLower(fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", strings.Replace(result.Type, commonParams.KicsType, commonParams.IacType, 1), result.Severity))
 			summaryMap[key]++
 		}
 	}
+
+	if slices.Contains(scan.Engines, commonParams.APISecType) {
+		apiSecRisks, err := getResultsForAPISecScanner(risksOverviewWrapper, scan.ID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		summaryMap["api-security-high"] = apiSecRisks.Risks[1]
+		summaryMap["api-security-medium"] = apiSecRisks.Risks[2]
+		summaryMap["api-security-low"] = apiSecRisks.Risks[3]
+	}
 	return summaryMap, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/test/integration/scan_test.go b/test/integration/scan_test.go
index 6d688e67c..bddd0e976 100644
--- a/test/integration/scan_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/scan_test.go
@@ -660,6 +660,20 @@ func TestScanCreateWithThreshold(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NilError(t, err, "")
 }
 
+func TestScansAPISecThresholdShouldBlock(t *testing.T) {
+	createASTIntegrationTestCommand(t)
+	testArgs := []string{
+		"scan", "create",
+		flag(params.ProjectName), "my-project",
+		flag(params.SourcesFlag), "data/sources.zip",
+		flag(params.BranchFlag), "dummy_branch",
+		flag(params.ScanInfoFormatFlag), printer.FormatJSON,
+		flag(params.ScanTypes), "sast, api-security",
+		flag(params.Threshold), "api-security-high=1",
+	}
+	_, _ = executeCommand(t, testArgs...)
+}
+
 // Create a scan with the sources
 // Assert the scan completes
 func TestScanCreateWithThresholdParseError(t *testing.T) {