Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more
A fast, all-in-one vulnerability scanner - containers, filesystems, git repos, and Terraform/IaC misconfigurations all covered by one CLI tool.
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git clone https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy.gitSee the repository's README for language-specific setup steps.
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Trivy ([pronunciation][pronunciation]) is a comprehensive and versatile security scanner. Trivy has *scanners* that look for security issues, and *targets* where it can find those issues.
- Container Image - Filesystem - Git Repository (remote) - Virtual Machine Image - Kubernetes
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Category: 🔒 Security
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Part of: Security Toolkit
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