OSV-Scanner

Open source vulnerability scanner by Google, using the OSV database.

Overview

Item Value
Type OSS
License Apache-2.0
Pricing Free
Homepage https://google.github.io/osv-scanner/
Latest Version v2.4.0
Last Updated 2026-06-18

Features

Feature Supported
Container Scanning
Language/Library Scanning
SBOM Generation
Policy Evaluation
IaC Scanning
Secret Detection
License Scanning
Build Tool Plugin
API Server
Agentless SSH Scanning
Dashboard
Centralized Management

Feature reference: Official Documentation

Release History

Source: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/releases

v2.4.0 — 2026-06-18 security

v2.4.0

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v2.3.8...v2.4.0


v2.3.8 — 2026-05-08 other

v2.3.8

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v2.3.6 — 2026-05-01 security

v2.3.6

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v2.3.5...v2.3.6


v2.3.5 — 2026-03-25 feature

v2.3.5

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v2.3.3...v2.3.5


v2.3.3 — 2026-02-12 feature

v2.3.3

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v2.3.2...v2.3.3


v2.3.2 — 2026-01-15 security

v2.3.2

v2.3.2

This release includes performance improvements for local scanning, reducing memory usage and avoiding unnecessary advisory loading. It also fixes issues with MCP's get_vulnerability_details tool, git queries in osv-scanner.json, and ignore entry tracking, along with documentation updates.

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v2.3.1...v2.3.2


v2.3.1 — 2025-12-11 feature

v2.3.1

v2.3.1

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v2.3.0 — 2025-11-19 feature

v2.3.0

This release migrates to the new osv.dev and osv-schema proto bindings for its internal data models (#2328). This is primarily an internal change and should not impact users.

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v2.2.4...v2.3.0


v2.2.4 — 2025-10-29 feature

v2.2.4

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v2.2.3...v2.2.4


v2.2.3 — 2025-10-01 feature

v2.2.3

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v2.2.2...v2.2.3


v2.2.2 — 2025-08-27 feature

v2.2.2

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v2.2.1...v2.2.2


v2.2.1 — 2025-08-11 other

v2.2.1

Fixes

Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v2.2.0...v2.2.1


v2.2.0 — 2025-08-07 security

v2.2.0

OSV-Scanner now supports all OSV-Scalibr features behind experimental flags (--experimental-plugins, see details here)!

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v2.1.0...v2.2.0


v2.1.0 — 2025-07-11 security

v2.1.0

v2.1.0

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v2.0.3...v2.1.0


v2.0.3 — 2025-06-16 feature

v2.0.3

v2.0.3

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v2.0.2...v2.0.3


v2.0.2 — 2025-04-30 other

v2.0.2

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v2.0.1...v2.0.2


v2.0.1 — 2025-04-03 feature

v2.0.1

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v2.0.0...v2.0.1


v2.0.0 — 2025-03-17 security

v2.0.0

This release merges the improvements, features, and fixes from v2.0.0-rc1, v2.0.0-beta2, and v2.0.0-beta1.

Important: This release includes several breaking changes aimed at future-proofing OSV-Scanner. Please consult our comprehensive Migration Guide to ensure a smooth upgrade.

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We encourage everyone to upgrade to OSV-Scanner v2.0.0 and experience these powerful new capabilities! As always, your feedback is invaluable, so please don't hesitate to share your thoughts and suggestions.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v1.9.2...v2.0.0


v2.0.0-rc1 — 2025-03-10 security

v2.0.0-rc1

Our first release candidate for OSV-Scanner V2, which includes various breaking changes osv-scanner to help future proof osv-scanner in V2! See the changelog for beta1 and beta2 for the full list of changes.

We've also added a migration guide here: https://google.github.io/osv-scanner/migration-guide.html

As always, please feel free to give us your feedback!

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v2.0.0-beta2...v2.0.0-rc1


v2.0.0-beta2 — 2025-02-12 bugfix

v2.0.0-beta2

This second beta release brings a series of fixes and improvements to the previous release.

Please post your feedback in the following threads: - General V2 feedback - Container scanning feedback

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v2.0.0-beta1...v2.0.0-beta2


v2.0.0-beta1 — 2025-01-30 security

v2.0.0-beta1

Changelog

The first beta of OSV-Scanner V2 is here! This beta release introduces significant enhancements, including refactored dependency extraction capabilities, container image scanning, and guided remediation for Maven.

This beta release does not introduce any breaking CLI changes and the beta period is expected to last approximately one month. However, as this is a beta release, there may be breaking changes breaking changes in the final release compared to the first beta.

GitHub Action based on OSV-Scanner V2 is also coming soon - stay tuned!

We encourage you to try out these new features and would appreciate any feedback you might have on our discussion topics:

Layer and base image-aware container scanning

A significant new feature is a rewritten, layer-aware container scanning support for Debian, Ubuntu, and Alpine container images. OSV-Scanner can now analyze container images to provide:

This layer analysis leverages OSV-Scalibr, and supports the following OSes and languages: | Distro Support | Language Artifacts Support | | -------------- | -------------------------- | | Alpine OS | Go | | Debian | Java | | Ubuntu | Node | | | Python |

Base image identification also leverages a new experimental API provided by https://deps.dev.

For usage, run the new scan image command:

osv-scanner scan image <image-name>:<tag>

Check out our documentation for more details.

Interactive HTML output

A new, interactive HTML output is now available. This provides a lot more interactivity and information compared to terminal only outputs, including:

And additionally for container image scanning:

Screenshot of HTML output for container image scanning

Guided Remediation for Maven pom.xml

Last year we released a feature called guided remediation for npm. We have now expanded support to Maven pom.xml.

With guided remediation support for Maven, you can remediate vulnerabilities in both direct and transitive dependencies through direct version updates or overriding versions through dependency management.

We’ve introduced a few new features for our Maven support:

The guided remediation support for Maven is only available in the non-interactive mode. For basic usage, run the following command:

osv-scanner fix --non-interactive --strategy=override -M path/to/pom.xml

We also introduced machine readable output for guided remediation that makes it easier to integrate guided remediation into your workflow.

For more usage details on guided remediation, please see our documentation.

Enhanced Dependency Extraction with osv-scalibr

With the help from OSV-Scalibr, we now also have expanded support for the kinds of dependencies we can extract from projects and containers:

Source manifests and lockfiles

Artifacts

The full list of supported formats can be found here.

The first beta doesn’t enable every single extractor currently available in OSV-Scalibr today. We’ll continue to add more leading up to the final 2.0.0 release.

OSV-Scalibr also makes it incredibly easy to add new extractors. Please file a feature request if a format you’re interested in is missing!

New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v1.9.1...v2.0.0-beta1


v1.9.2 — 2024-12-19 security

v1.9.2

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v1.9.1...v1.9.2


v1.9.1 — 2024-10-31 security

v1.9.1

OSV-Scanner v2 is coming soon! The next release will start with version v2.0.0-alpha1.

Here's a peek at some of the exciting upcoming features:

Importantly, the CLI interface of osv-scanner will be maintained with minimal breaking changes. Most breaking changes will only be in the API. More details in the upcoming alpha release.


This is the final feature v1 release of osv-scanner, future releases for v1 will only contain bug fixes.

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v1.9.0...v1.9.1


v1.9.0 — 2024-10-02 feature

v1.9.0

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v1.8.5...v1.9.0


v1.8.5 — 2024-09-11 bugfix

v1.8.5

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v1.8.4...v1.8.5


v1.8.4 — 2024-08-22 feature

v1.8.4

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v1.8.3...v1.8.4


v1.8.3 — 2024-08-07 security

v1.8.3

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v1.8.2...v1.8.3


v1.8.2 — 2024-07-10 bugfix

v1.8.2

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v1.8.1...v1.8.2


v1.8.1 — 2024-06-21 security

v1.8.1

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v1.7.4...v1.8.1


v1.7.4 — 2024-05-30 feature

v1.7.4

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v1.7.3...v1.7.4


v1.7.3 — 2024-05-09 feature

v1.7.3

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/compare/v1.7.2...v1.7.3


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