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Trivy

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Aqua Security Software Ltd.

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Try itExperimental

See what an agent can do with Trivy before you ever sign up. Pick a story: recorded sessions replay real probe-harness transcripts; sandboxed self-drive sessions are designed and gated (docs/TRY-IT.md).

$trivy --versionrecorded session — replayed, not live
recorded 2026-09-04 · exit 0 · captured verbatim by our probe harness, secrets redacted

Verified integrations

Connections to other tracked products — hover a chip for the verbatim evidence quote behind it.

By theme — the product's score on each story themeBy theme

Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticnessevidence →

How well agents can access and operate the product

27.1/100

Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depthevidence →

How much of the product can run unattended

12.0/100

Ci precommit — stories about ci precommit in this arenaCi precommitevidence →

Stories about ci precommit in this arena

20.8/100

Container scanning — stories about container scanning in this arenaContainer scanningevidence →

Stories about container scanning in this arena

90.0/100

Coverage accuracy — stories about coverage accuracy in this arenaCoverage accuracyevidence →

Stories about coverage accuracy in this arena

21.0/100

Dependency sca — stories about dependency sca in this arenaDependency scaevidence →

Stories about dependency sca in this arena

38.6/100

Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpennessevidence →

Open source, data portability, and self-hosting stories

46.5/100

Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy postureevidence →

Data-handling and privacy stories

0.0/100

Sast rules — stories about sast rules in this arenaSast rulesevidence →

Stories about sast rules in this arena

0.0/100

Secret detection — stories about secret detection in this arenaSecret detectionevidence →

Stories about secret detection in this arena

15.3/100

Supply chain sbom — stories about supply chain sbom in this arenaSupply chain sbomevidence →

Stories about supply chain sbom in this arena

70.0/100

Triage noise — stories about triage noise in this arenaTriage noiseevidence →

Stories about triage noise in this arena

9.0/100

Story verdicts — every judged story with its evidenceStory verdicts

What’s free: 1 free · 0 paid · 0 enterprise · 25 not stated in evidence

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Sorted by importance (agentic first) (high → low) · 55/55 stories · click a row’s chevron for the rationale and evidence

Connect an agent via an official MCP server G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3full8/10T

Drive the product through a documented public API G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3partial±6/10T

Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the product G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3none±0/10

Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their tools G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3n/a±0/10

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automation G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full9/10T

Use an official CLI G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10T

Operate the product with natural-language commands G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial6/10T

Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the product G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial5/10T

Set up automations that run autonomously in the background G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial4/10T

Build against official SDKs G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent) G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examples G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docs G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policy G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Subscribe to events via webhooks G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none±0/10

Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agent G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2n/auntestednone yet

Test against a sandbox environment without touching production data G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness1none±untestednone yet

Scan container images for OS-package and application-layer vulnerabilities before deploying them C

Containers

devops-leadContainer scanning — stories about container scanning in this arenaContainer scanning3full9/10X

Scan my dependency manifests and lockfiles for packages with known vulnerabilities C

Sca scanning

developerDependency sca — stories about dependency sca in this arenaDependency sca3full9/10X

Have an agent run a scan headlessly via the CLI, parse machine-readable results, and file issues for real findings G

Agent scanning

ai-native userCi precommit — stories about ci precommit in this arenaCi precommit3partial7/10X

Self-host the core product G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness3fullfree7/10T

Export all of my data in open formats and leave G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness3partial5/10C

Scan a repository and its full git history for hardcoded secrets and credentials C

Secret scanning

developerSecret detection — stories about secret detection in this arenaSecret detection3partial5/10C

Run scans in CI on every pull request and fail the build on new findings via exit codes C

Ci gates

devops-leadCi precommit — stories about ci precommit in this arenaCi precommit3partial4/10X

Use AI to triage findings — explaining them, deduplicating, and flagging likely false positives C

Ai triage

ai-native userTriage noise — stories about triage noise in this arenaTriage noise3partial4/10T

Run static analysis that finds vulnerability classes like injection and XSS in my source code C

Code analysis

developerSast rules — stories about sast rules in this arenaSast rules3none0/10

Baseline or ignore existing and false-positive findings so only new issues alert C

Fp management

security-engineerTriage noise — stories about triage noise in this arenaTriage noise3noneuntestednone yet

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on events G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth3noneuntestednone yet

Prevent my data from being used to train AI models G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture3n/auntestednone yet

Run the scanner as a pre-commit hook so secrets and issues never enter my git history C

Pre commit

developerCi precommit — stories about ci precommit in this arenaCi precommit3noneuntestednone yet

Generate a software bill of materials (SPDX or CycloneDX) for my project or image C

Sbom

security-engineerSupply chain sbom — stories about supply chain sbom in this arenaSupply chain sbom2full9/10C

Scan Terraform, Kubernetes, and other IaC files for security misconfigurations C

Iac misconfig

devops-leadContainer scanning — stories about container scanning in this arenaContainer scanning2full9/10X

Scan projects across all the major languages and package ecosystems my organization uses C

Coverage

developerCoverage accuracy — stories about coverage accuracy in this arenaCoverage accuracy2partial7/10X

Read the product's source under an open license G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness2partial6/10T

Wire the scanner into my coding agent so AI-generated code is scanned for issues before it lands C

Agent scanning

ai-native userCi precommit — stories about ci precommit in this arenaCi precommit2partial6/10T

Perform bulk operations across many items at once G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth2partial5/10X

Scan non-git sources like S3 buckets, Docker images, and CI logs for leaked secrets C

Secret scanning

security-engineerSecret detection — stories about secret detection in this arenaSecret detection2partial4/10X

Apply suggested or automatic code fixes for findings instead of only reading reports C

Fix suggestions

developerSast rules — stories about sast rules in this arenaSast rules2none0/10

Define custom detection rules for my organization's internal token and secret formats C

Custom detection

security-engineerSecret detection — stories about secret detection in this arenaSecret detection2none0/10

Do everything through the API that I can do in the UI G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness2n/a0/10

Emit scan results in machine-readable formats like JSON or SARIF for downstream tooling C

Output formats

developerCoverage accuracy — stories about coverage accuracy in this arenaCoverage accuracy2none0/10

Get concrete upgrade paths or automated fix pull requests that remediate vulnerable dependencies C

Dependency fixes

developerDependency sca — stories about dependency sca in this arenaDependency sca2none0/10

Have AI draft remediation pull requests for security findings that I review and merge C

Ai remediation

ai-native userSast rules — stories about sast rules in this arenaSast rules2none0/10

Have detected secrets verified against the issuing service so I know which ones are live C

Secret scanning

security-engineerSecret detection — stories about secret detection in this arenaSecret detection2none0/10

Choose where my data is stored (region/residency) G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2n/auntestednone yet

Control data retention and deletion G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2noneuntestednone yet

Detect taint-style vulnerabilities that flow across files and function boundaries C

Code analysis

security-engineerSast rules — stories about sast rules in this arenaSast rules2noneuntestednone yet

Filter and gate on findings by severity or confidence so low-value noise does not block builds C

Fp management

developerTriage noise — stories about triage noise in this arenaTriage noise2noneuntestednone yet

Opt out of telemetry and usage tracking G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2noneuntestednone yet

Prioritize dependency alerts by whether the vulnerable code is actually reachable from my code C

Sca scanning

security-engineerDependency sca — stories about dependency sca in this arenaDependency sca2noneuntestednone yet

Schedule recurring jobs or workflows G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth2n/auntestednone yet

See scan findings surfaced as pull-request comments or checks in GitHub or GitLab C

Ci gates

developerCi precommit — stories about ci precommit in this arenaCi precommit2noneuntestednone yet

Write custom static-analysis rules in a simple syntax and share them across repositories C

Custom rules

security-engineerSast rules — stories about sast rules in this arenaSast rules2noneuntestednone yet

Detect the licenses of my dependencies and enforce a license policy in scans C

Licenses

devops-leadSupply chain sbom — stories about supply chain sbom in this arenaSupply chain sbom1partial5/10C

Version, review, and roll back my automations G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth1n/auntestednone yet

Opportunities — the stories that would move this product's scores, from its own judged verdictsOpportunitiestop 8 of 40 stories with headroom

What would move Trivy’s scores — derived from its own judged verdicts, biggest headroom first. Each line quotes what the judge found missing; shipping it (or evidencing it publicly) is the fix.

  1. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productDelegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the product

    nonemoves Built-in AIimpact 45

    Trivy is a CLI/scanner and provides an MCP server (trivy-mcp) so external AI assistants (e.g., in VS Code) can call Trivy's scanning capabilities — this is the reverse relationship of 'delegating tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the product.' There is no evidence of an assistant embedded within Trivy itself that a user can delegate tasks to.

  2. Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedDefine rules that trigger actions automatically on events

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    Trivy is a scanner run on-demand or in CI pipelines; the evidence shows no rule-based/event-triggered automation engine (e.g., defining rules that fire actions on events) within Trivy itself—only scan integrations into CI/CD and an MCP server for querying results conversationally.

  3. Triage noise — stories about triage noise in this arenaBaseline or ignore existing and false-positive findings so only new issues alert

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    Missing: documentation of .trivyignore/ignore-file support, VEX suppression, baseline diffing, or any triage-noise reduction feature.

  4. Ci precommit — stories about ci precommit in this arenaRun the scanner as a pre-commit hook so secrets and issues never enter my git history

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    Evidence shows Trivy scans secrets and filesystems and is easy to integrate into CI/CD generally, but no documentation or mention of a pre-commit hook framework integration (e.g., .pre-commit-hooks.yaml) is provided in the evidence pack.

  5. Sast rules — stories about sast rules in this arenaRun static analysis that finds vulnerability classes like injection and XSS in my source code

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    Trivy's documented capabilities are vulnerability scanning (known CVEs in dependencies/images), secret detection, IaC misconfiguration checks, license and SBOM generation — none of the evidence shows a SAST engine that analyzes source code for vulnerability classes like injection or XSS.

  6. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productPoint an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docs

    nonemoves agent-readyimpact 30

    Probes confirm no llms.txt exists (404) and no agent-oriented docs format is available; while an MCP server exists (separate axis), there's no evidence of llms.txt or agent-native documentation being served.

  7. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productBuild against official SDKs

    nonemoves agent-readyimpact 30

    Missing: any documented official SDK/client library, language-specific package for programmatic integration, API reference for building custom tooling.

  8. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productSubscribe to events via webhooks

    nonemoves agent-readyimpact 30

    Missing: any webhook API/endpoint, event subscription mechanism, or documentation of push-based notifications.

Showing the top 8 of 40 — every none/partial verdict in the story verdicts table is headroom.

Think a verdict is wrong? Every verdicts-table row has a Flag link — see the methodology.

Coverage map — which docs area, API section, or community source covers which judged storiesCoverage map6 surfaces · 23 covered stories

Where the cited evidence behind each covered verdict came from — the same citations the verdicts table shows, no extra judging.

Probe proofs — replayable recordings from the probe harnessProbe proofs

Replayable recordings from our probe harness — see the Prove-It protocol to submit one.

$trivy --versionreproduced
$ trivy --version
Version: 0.74.0
Vulnerability DB:
  Version: 2
  UpdatedAt: 2026-09-03 19:12:19.876281443 +0000 UTC
  NextUpdate: 2026-09-04 19:12:19.876280803 +0000 UTC
  DownloadedAt: 2026-09-04 00:01:25.971465 +0000 UTC
proves: Use an official CLIrecorded 2026-09-04
$echo '<jsonrpc initialize>' | trivy mcp --transport stdioreproduced
$ echo '<jsonrpc initialize>' | trivy mcp --transport stdio
2026-09-03T18:06:45-07:00	INFO	Starting Trivy MCP server as stdio
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":{"protocolVersion":"2025-06-18","capabilities":{"tools":{"listChanged":true}},"serverInfo":{"name":"Trivy MCP Server 🚀","version":"v0.0.20"}}}

Claims vs evidence — vendor claims reconciled against independent verdictsClaims vs evidence

7 of 10 testable claims verified · 0 contradictedintegrity 70/100

13 distinct capability claims found in Trivy’s own claimed-docs/GitHub materials, reconciled against our judge’s independent verdicts.

7

Verified

3

Unverified

0

Contradicted

13

Undersold

Verified (8)
Unverified (4)
Undersold (13)
Claims outside our story set (2)

Real capability claims found in Trivy’s own materials, but no story in this arena’s taxonomy covers them yet — that’s feedback on the taxonomy, not a mark against the product.

  • Distributed via common channels like Homebrew and Docker Hub for easy installation

    source ↗
  • Caches repository analysis results keyed by the latest git commit hash to speed up rescans

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Business model

open-source

Apache-2.0 open-source scanner maintained by Aqua Security, which monetizes through its commercial Aqua cloud-native security platform built on top of Trivy.

pricing ↗

Score trend

How this product’s scores have moved as evidence and verdicts are re-derived — a point per change, not per day.

PA Score30 (Sep 4 '26)27 (Sep 16 '26)
Agent-ready39 (Sep 4 '26)43 (Sep 16 '26)

Try Experimental

Run it in the microterminal →

Recorded agent sessions — and a live MCP handshake where the vendor ships one.

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