Octoscan is a static vulnerability scanner for GitHub action workflows.
Octoscan can be run against a local git repository or you can download all the workflows with the dl action. This tool can also be used directly as a GitHub action to scan your repository on push/pull_request events.
This is free and open source.
Website: github.com/synacktiv/octoscan
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Developer: hugo-syn
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

octoscan is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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