Image
trivy image
Scan a container image
trivy image [flags] IMAGE_NAME
Examples
# Scan a container image
$ trivy image python:3.4-alpine
# Scan a container image from a tar archive
$ trivy image --input ruby-3.1.tar
# Filter by severities
$ trivy image --severity HIGH,CRITICAL alpine:3.15
# Ignore unfixed/unpatched vulnerabilities
$ trivy image --ignore-unfixed alpine:3.15
# Scan a container image in client mode
$ trivy image --server http://127.0.0.1:4954 alpine:latest
# Generate json result
$ trivy image --format json --output result.json alpine:3.15
# Generate a report in the CycloneDX format
$ trivy image --format cyclonedx --output result.cdx alpine:3.15
Options
--cache-backend string cache backend (e.g. redis://localhost:6379) (default "fs")
--cache-ttl duration cache TTL when using redis as cache backend
--clear-cache clear image caches without scanning
--compliance string compliance report to generate (docker-cis)
--config-data strings specify paths from which data for the Rego policies will be recursively loaded
--config-policy strings specify the paths to the Rego policy files or to the directories containing them, applying config files
--custom-headers strings custom headers in client mode
--db-repository string OCI repository to retrieve trivy-db from (default "ghcr.io/aquasecurity/trivy-db:2")
--dependency-tree [EXPERIMENTAL] show dependency origin tree of vulnerable packages
--docker-host string unix domain socket path to use for docker scanning
--download-db-only download/update vulnerability database but don't run a scan
--download-java-db-only download/update Java index database but don't run a scan
--enable-modules strings [EXPERIMENTAL] module names to enable
--exit-code int specify exit code when any security issues are found
--exit-on-eol int exit with the specified code when the OS reaches end of service/life
--file-patterns strings specify config file patterns
-f, --format string format (table,json,template,sarif,cyclonedx,spdx,spdx-json,github,cosign-vuln) (default "table")
--helm-set strings specify Helm values on the command line (can specify multiple or separate values with commas: key1=val1,key2=val2)
--helm-set-file strings specify Helm values from respective files specified via the command line (can specify multiple or separate values with commas: key1=path1,key2=path2)
--helm-set-string strings specify Helm string values on the command line (can specify multiple or separate values with commas: key1=val1,key2=val2)
--helm-values strings specify paths to override the Helm values.yaml files
-h, --help help for image
--ignore-policy string specify the Rego file path to evaluate each vulnerability
--ignore-status strings comma-separated list of vulnerability status to ignore (unknown,not_affected,affected,fixed,under_investigation,will_not_fix,fix_deferred,end_of_life)
--ignore-unfixed display only fixed vulnerabilities
--ignored-licenses strings specify a list of license to ignore
--ignorefile string specify .trivyignore file (default ".trivyignore")
--image-config-scanners strings comma-separated list of what security issues to detect on container image configurations (misconfig,secret)
--image-src strings image source(s) to use, in priority order (docker,containerd,podman,remote) (default [docker,containerd,podman,remote])
--include-non-failures include successes and exceptions, available with '--scanners misconfig'
--input string input file path instead of image name
--java-db-repository string OCI repository to retrieve trivy-java-db from (default "ghcr.io/aquasecurity/trivy-java-db:1")
--license-confidence-level float specify license classifier's confidence level (default 0.9)
--license-full eagerly look for licenses in source code headers and license files
--list-all-pkgs enabling the option will output all packages regardless of vulnerability
--misconfig-scanners strings comma-separated list of misconfig scanners to use for misconfiguration scanning (default [azure-arm,cloudformation,dockerfile,helm,kubernetes,terraform,terraformplan-json,terraformplan-snapshot])
--module-dir string specify directory to the wasm modules that will be loaded (default "$HOME/.trivy/modules")
--no-progress suppress progress bar
--offline-scan do not issue API requests to identify dependencies
-o, --output string output file name
--output-plugin-arg string [EXPERIMENTAL] output plugin arguments
--parallel int number of goroutines enabled for parallel scanning, set 0 to auto-detect parallelism (default 5)
--password strings password. Comma-separated passwords allowed. TRIVY_PASSWORD should be used for security reasons.
--platform string set platform in the form os/arch if image is multi-platform capable
--podman-host string unix podman socket path to use for podman scanning
--policy-bundle-repository string OCI registry URL to retrieve policy bundle from (default "ghcr.io/aquasecurity/trivy-policies:0")
--policy-namespaces strings Rego namespaces
--redis-ca string redis ca file location, if using redis as cache backend
--redis-cert string redis certificate file location, if using redis as cache backend
--redis-key string redis key file location, if using redis as cache backend
--redis-tls enable redis TLS with public certificates, if using redis as cache backend
--registry-token string registry token
--rekor-url string [EXPERIMENTAL] address of rekor STL server (default "https://rekor.sigstore.dev")
--removed-pkgs detect vulnerabilities of removed packages (only for Alpine)
--report string specify a format for the compliance report. (all,summary) (default "summary")
--reset remove all caches and database
--reset-policy-bundle remove policy bundle
--sbom-sources strings [EXPERIMENTAL] try to retrieve SBOM from the specified sources (oci,rekor)
--scanners strings comma-separated list of what security issues to detect (vuln,misconfig,secret,license) (default [vuln,secret])
--secret-config string specify a path to config file for secret scanning (default "trivy-secret.yaml")
--server string server address in client mode
-s, --severity strings severities of security issues to be displayed (UNKNOWN,LOW,MEDIUM,HIGH,CRITICAL) (default [UNKNOWN,LOW,MEDIUM,HIGH,CRITICAL])
--show-suppressed [EXPERIMENTAL] show suppressed vulnerabilities
--skip-db-update skip updating vulnerability database
--skip-dirs strings specify the directories or glob patterns to skip
--skip-files strings specify the files or glob patterns to skip
--skip-java-db-update skip updating Java index database
--skip-policy-update skip fetching rego policy updates
-t, --template string output template
--tf-exclude-downloaded-modules exclude misconfigurations for downloaded terraform modules
--token string for authentication in client/server mode
--token-header string specify a header name for token in client/server mode (default "Trivy-Token")
--trace enable more verbose trace output for custom queries
--username strings username. Comma-separated usernames allowed.
--vex string [EXPERIMENTAL] file path to VEX
--vuln-type strings comma-separated list of vulnerability types (os,library) (default [os,library])
Options inherited from parent commands
--cache-dir string cache directory (default "/path/to/cache")
-c, --config string config path (default "trivy.yaml")
-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
SEE ALSO
- trivy - Unified security scanner