OSV-Scanner finds known vulnerabilities affecting your project’s dependencies.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Scans source directories for vulnerable dependencies.
- Supports C/C++, Dart, Elixir, Go, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, R, Ruby and Rust projects.
- Works with npm, pip, Yarn, Maven, Go modules, Cargo, RubyGems, Composer, NuGet and other package managers.
- Detects vulnerabilities in Linux operating system packages.
- Scans container images and their included packages.
- Uses call analysis to identify whether vulnerable functions are actually used.
- Detects vendored C and C++ code.
- Supports offline scanning with a local OSV database.
- Checks dependency licenses using deps.dev data.
- Offers guided remediation with package upgrade recommendations.
Website: github.com/google/osv-scanner
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Developer: Google
License: Apache License 2.0
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