Pre-deployment security checks
Continuous security monitoring
Compliance audits (PCI-DSS, SOC 2)
Dependency vulnerability detection
Container security scanning
Infrastructure security assessment

Quick Start

Minimal working example:

// scanner.js - Comprehensive vulnerability scanning
const { exec } = require("child_process");
const util = require("util");
const fs = require("fs").promises;

const execPromise = util.promisify(exec);

class VulnerabilityScanner {
  constructor() {
    this.results = {
      dependencies: [],
      code: [],
      docker: [],
      secrets: [],
    };
  }

  async scanDependencies() {
    console.log("Scanning dependencies with npm audit...");

    try {
      const { stdout } = await execPromise("npm audit --json");
      const auditResults = JSON.parse(stdout);

      for (const [name, advisory] of Object.entries(
// ... (see reference guides for full implementation)

Reference Guides

Detailed implementations in the references/ directory:

Guide	Contents
Node.js Vulnerability Scanner	Node.js Vulnerability Scanner
Python OWASP Scanner	Python OWASP Scanner
CI/CD Integration - GitHub Actions	CI/CD Integration - GitHub Actions

Best Practices

✅ DO

Automate scans in CI/CD
Scan dependencies regularly
Use multiple scanning tools
Set severity thresholds
Track vulnerability trends
Scan containers and images
Monitor CVE databases
Document false positives

❌ DON'T

Skip vulnerability scanning
Ignore low severity issues
Trust single scanning tool
Bypass security gates
Commit secrets to repos

vulnerability-scanning

Vulnerability Scanning

Table of Contents

Overview

When to Use