aquasecurity/trivy
Summary
Trivy is a comprehensive, open-source security scanner by Aqua Security that detects vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, and license issues across containers, filesystems, git repos, and Kubernetes.
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aquasecurity/trivy
Source: https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy
Trivy (pronunciation) is a comprehensive and versatile security scanner. Trivy has scanners that look for security issues, and targets where it can find those issues.
Targets (what Trivy can scan):
- Container Image
- Filesystem
- Git Repository (remote)
- Virtual Machine Image
- Kubernetes
Scanners (what Trivy can find there):
- OS packages and software dependencies in use (SBOM)
- Known vulnerabilities (CVEs)
- IaC issues and misconfigurations
- Sensitive information and secrets
- Software licenses
Trivy supports most popular programming languages, operating systems, and platforms. For a complete list, see the Scanning Coverage page.
To learn more, go to the Trivy homepage for feature highlights, or to the Documentation site for detailed information.
Quick Start
Get Trivy
Trivy is available in most common distribution channels. The full list of installation options is available in the Installation page. Here are a few popular examples:
brew install trivydocker run aquasec/trivy- Download binary from https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/releases/latest/
- See Installation for more
Trivy is integrated with many popular platforms and applications. The complete list of integrations is available in the Ecosystem page. Here are a few popular examples:
- GitHub Actions
- Kubernetes operator
- VS Code plugin
- See Ecosystem for more
Canary builds
There are canary builds (Docker Hub, GitHub, ECR images and binaries) generated with every push to the main branch.
Please be aware: canary builds might have critical bugs, so they are not recommended for use in production.
General usage
trivy <target> [--scanners <scanner1,scanner2>] <subject>
Examples:
trivy image python:3.4-alpine
Result
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/af1c11e7-d9c5-48af-8e05-cb34dfd6352a
trivy fs --scanners vuln,secret,misconfig myproject/
Result
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6b3894b7-77c5-4ffc-ac94-ffe6648a30dc
trivy k8s --report summary cluster
Result

FAQ
How to pronounce the name “Trivy”?
tri is pronounced like trigger, vy is pronounced like envy.
Want more? Check out Aqua
If you liked Trivy, you will love Aqua which builds on top of Trivy to provide even more enhanced capabilities for a complete security management offering.
You can find a high level comparison table specific to Trivy users here.
In addition check out the https://aquasec.com website for more information about our products and services.
If you’d like to contact Aqua or request a demo, please use this form: https://www.aquasec.com/demo
Community
Trivy is an Aqua Security open source project.
Learn about our open source work and portfolio here.
Contact us about any matter by opening a GitHub Discussion here
Please ensure to abide by our Code of Conduct during all interactions.
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