Grype: Open-source vulnerability scanner for container images, filesystems
Grype is an open-source vulnerability scanner designed for container images and filesystems that seamlessly integrates with Syft, a powerful Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) tool.
Find vulnerabilities for major operating system packages
- Alpine
- Amazon Linux
- BusyBox
- CentOS
- CBL-Mariner
- Debian
- Distroless
- Oracle Linux
- Red Hat (RHEL)
- Ubuntu
- Wolfi
Find vulnerabilities for language-specific packages
- Ruby (Gems)
- Java (JAR, WAR, EAR, JPI, HPI)
- JavaScript (NPM, Yarn)
- Python (Egg, Wheel, Poetry, requirements.txt/setup.py files)
- Dotnet (deps.json)
- Golang (go.mod)
- PHP (Composer)
- Rust (Cargo)
Grype lets you define custom output formats using Go templates. Since templates can access system information, such as environment variables, you should always use trusted templates.
Grype is available for free on GitHub. Currently, the tool is built only for macOS and Linux.
Must read:
- 20 free cybersecurity tools you might have missed
- 15 open-source cybersecurity tools you’ll wish you’d known earlier
- 20 essential open-source cybersecurity tools that save you time
Signatures should become cloud security history
Cisco Warns of Critical Flaw Affecting On-Prem Smart Software Manager
CVE-2025-22224 VMware ESXi and Workstation TOCTOU Race Condition Vulnerability
CVE-2020-29574 CyberoamOS (CROS) SQL Injection Vulnerability
CVE-2018-19410 Paessler PRTG Network Monitor Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
CVE-2025-2783 Google Chromium Mojo Sandbox Escape Vulnerability
CVE-2018-8639 Microsoft Windows Win32k Improper Resource Shutdown or Release Vulnerability
CVE-2025-0111 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS File Read Vulnerability
CVE-2024-49035 Microsoft Partner Center Improper Access Control Vulnerability
CVE-2024-50302 Linux Kernel Use of Uninitialized Resource Vulnerability
CVE-2017-0148 Microsoft SMBv1 Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
InformationalInformation Disclosure - Suspicious Comments
HighPII Disclosure
Free online web security scanner