dependency-security-scanning

What problem does it solve?

This Skill automates the complex and critical task of identifying and managing vulnerabilities in your project's dependencies, preventing security breaches and ensuring compliance. It eliminates manual scanning and analysis, saving significant time and reducing the risk of overlooked threats.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Vulnerability Scanning: Detects known vulnerabilities using tools like pnpm audit and Snyk.
• Software Composition Analysis (SCA): Analyzes direct and transitive dependencies for CVEs, CVSS scoring, and license compliance.
• Remediation Guidance: Provides best practices for fixing vulnerabilities, including parent package upgrades and version overrides.
• CI/CD Integration: Guides on integrating security scans into your continuous integration/delivery pipelines for proactive protection.
• Use Case: Before deploying a new feature, use this skill to automatically scan your package.json or requirements.txt for critical vulnerabilities, generate a detailed audit report, and receive actionable steps to fix any high-risk issues, ensuring a secure release.

Quick Start

Use the dependency-security-scanning skill to run a vulnerability scan on the current project's dependencies. Analyze the results for critical and high-severity issues. Suggest remediation steps for any detected vulnerabilities.