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CloudFormation

Trivy supports the scanners listed in the table below.

Scanner Supported
Misconfiguration
Secret

It supports the following formats.

Format Supported
JSON
YAML

Misconfiguration

Trivy recursively searches directories and scans all found CloudFormation files. It evaluates properties, functions, and other elements within CloudFormation files to detect misconfigurations.

Secret

The secret scan is performed on plain text files, with no special treatment for CloudFormation.