> trivy

Scan containers, filesystems, and repos for vulnerabilities with Trivy. Use when a user asks to scan Docker images for CVEs, audit filesystem for secrets, check IaC for misconfigurations, or add security scanning to CI.

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Trivy

Overview

Trivy is an open-source vulnerability scanner by Aqua Security. Scans container images, filesystems, git repos, and IaC for vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and exposed secrets.

Instructions

Step 1: Install

brew install trivy

Step 2: Container Scanning

trivy image node:20-alpine
trivy image --severity CRITICAL,HIGH my-app:latest
trivy image --format json --output results.json my-app:latest

Step 3: Filesystem and Secret Scan

trivy fs .
trivy fs --scanners vuln,secret,misconfig .

Step 4: IaC Scanning

trivy config ./terraform/
trivy config ./k8s/

Guidelines

  • Free and open-source — no account needed.
  • Local vulnerability DB, updated automatically — scans are fast.
  • Supports SBOM generation (CycloneDX, SPDX) for compliance.
  • Use in CI to block deployments with critical CVEs.

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first seenMar 17, 2026
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TerminalSkills/skills
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