cve-bin-tool
Install command:
brew install cve-bin-toolScans binaries and SBOMs for known vulnerabilities and prepares reports
https://github.com/ossf/cve-bin-tool
License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/cve-bin-tool.json
Formula code: cve-bin-tool.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 3.4 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Revision: 4
Depends on:
| certifi | 2026.10.23 | Mozilla CA bundle for Python |
| cryptography | 50.0.2 | Cryptographic recipes and primitives for Python |
| libyaml | 0.2.5 | YAML Parser |
| pillow | 13.0.0 | Friendly PIL fork (Python Imaging Library) |
| python@3.15 | 3.15.2 | Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language |
| rpds-py | 2026.9.1 | Python bindings to Rust's persistent data structures |
Depends on when building from source:
| cmake | 4.4.5 | Cross-platform make |
| rust | 1.99.1 | Safe, concurrent, practical language |
Binaries:
csv2cve,
cve-bin-tool,
mismatch
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 54 | 108 | 206 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Installs on Request | 54 | 108 | 206 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Build Errors | 0 |
Known vulnerabilities in the current version:
| GHSA-j5g9-f88f-gfj3 (high) | httplib2: Decompression Bomb Denial of Service via Unbounded gzip/deflate Response Handling |
Data from Homebrew/advisory-database. Run brew vulns cve-bin-tool for a live check.