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Trivy

All-in-one open-source security scanner for containers, filesystems, repos, and cloud infrastructure.

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55/100
Identity75/100
Evidence45/100
Trust15/100
Freshness50/100
Classification100/100
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What is Trivy?
All-in-one open-source security scanner for containers, filesystems, repos, and cloud infrastructure.
What does Trivy do?
Trivy is a comprehensive security scanner that finds vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, and license issues across containers, Kubernetes, filesystems, git repos, and cloud infrastructure. Used in CI/CD pipelines worldwide for automated security scanning with a massive vulnerability…
Who is Trivy for?
DevSecOps engineers, security teams, and developers integrating security scanning into CI/CD pipelines.
Is Trivy verified?
Trivy is listed on Citavero with a citability score of 55/100, computed from verifiable profile evidence.
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All-in-one open-source security scanner for containers, filesystems, repos, and cloud infrastructure.

developer toolsCH-VER-467685Listed June 4, 2026Last updated September 28, 2026
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What:All-in-one open-source security scanner for containers, filesystems, repos, and cloud infrastructure.
For whom:DevSecOps engineers, security teams, and developers integrating security scanning into CI/CD pipelines
Key outcome:Catch security vulnerabilities before they reach production — scan everything from containers to cloud configs in one tool
Category:developer tools

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Citability Score

55/100
75
Identity
45
Evidence
15
Trust
50
Freshness
100
Classification
79
Impressions
0
Clicks
0
Likes
0
GQI Earned

Citable Outcome

Catch security vulnerabilities before they reach production — scan everything from containers to cloud configs in one tool.

About

Trivy is a comprehensive security scanner that finds vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, and license issues across containers, Kubernetes, filesystems, git repos, and cloud infrastructure. Used in CI/CD pipelines worldwide for automated security scanning with a massive vulnerability database.

Target Audience: DevSecOps engineers, security teams, and developers integrating security scanning into CI/CD pipelines.

What makes it different

  • Scans containers, Kubernetes, filesystems, repos, and cloud infra
  • Massive CVE database with daily updates
  • Native CI/CD integration for automated scanning
  • Detects vulnerabilities, misconfigs, secrets, and license issues

Tags & Classification

secureanalyzeautomate
security-scannercontainer-securitydevsecops
developer-toolssecurity
Platform: CLI ToolModel: Open Source

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BibTeX
@misc{citavero_trivy,
  title = {Trivy},
  url = {https://citavero.com/p/trivy},
  note = {Listed June 4, 2026. Citavero ID: CH-VER-467685},
  year = {2026}
}
APA
Trivy. (2026). Citavero Software Index. https://citavero.com/p/trivy.
MLA
"Trivy." Citavero, 2026, https://citavero.com/p/trivy.