# Trivy Action

> [GitHub Action](https://github.com/features/actions) for [Trivy](https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy)

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## Table of Contents

- [Usage](#usage)
  - [Workflow](#workflow)
  - [Docker Image Scanning](#using-trivy-with-github-code-scanning)
  - [Git Repository Scanning](#using-trivy-to-scan-your-git-repo)
- [Customizing](#customizing)
  - [Inputs](#inputs)

## Usage

### Scan CI Pipeline

```yaml
name: build
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
jobs:
  build:
    name: Build
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Build an image from Dockerfile
        run: |
          docker build -t docker.io/my-organization/my-app:${{ github.sha }} .
      - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner
        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@master
        with:
          image-ref: 'docker.io/my-organization/my-app:${{ github.sha }}'
          format: 'table'
          exit-code: '1'
          ignore-unfixed: true
          vuln-type: 'os,library'
          severity: 'CRITICAL,HIGH'
```

### Scan CI Pipeline (w/ Trivy Config)

```yaml
name: build
on:
  push:
    branches:
    - main
  pull_request:
jobs:
  build:
    name: Build
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
    - name: Checkout code
      uses: actions/checkout@v3

    - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner in fs mode
      uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@master
      with:
        scan-type: 'fs'
        scan-ref: '.'
        trivy-config: trivy.yaml
```

In this case `trivy.yaml` is a YAML configuration that is checked in as part of the repo. Detailed information is available on the Trivy website but an example is as follows:
```yaml
format: json
exit-code: 1
severity: CRITICAL
secret:
  config: config/trivy/secret.yaml
```

It is possible to define all options in the `trivy.yaml` file. Specifying individual options via the action are left for backward compatibility purposes. Defining the following is required as they cannot be defined with the config file:
- `scan-ref`: If using `fs, repo` scans.
- `image-ref`: If using `image` scan.
- `scan-type`: To define the scan type, e.g. `image`, `fs`, `repo`, etc.

#### Order of preference for options
Trivy uses [Viper](https://github.com/spf13/viper) which has a defined precedence order for options. The order is as follows:
- GitHub Action flag
- Environment variable
- Config file
- Default

### Scanning a Tarball
```yaml
name: build
on:
  push:
    branches:
    - main
  pull_request:
jobs:
  build:
    name: Build
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
    - name: Checkout code
      uses: actions/checkout@v3

    - name: Generate tarball from image
      run: |
        docker pull <your-docker-image>
        docker save -o vuln-image.tar <your-docker-image>

    - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner in tarball mode
      uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@master
      with:
        input: /github/workspace/vuln-image.tar
        severity: 'CRITICAL,HIGH'
```

### Using Trivy with GitHub Code Scanning
If you have [GitHub code scanning](https://docs.github.com/en/github/finding-security-vulnerabilities-and-errors-in-your-code/about-code-scanning) available you can use Trivy as a scanning tool as follows:
```yaml
name: build
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
jobs:
  build:
    name: Build
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Build an image from Dockerfile
        run: |
          docker build -t docker.io/my-organization/my-app:${{ github.sha }} .

      - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner
        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@master
        with:
          image-ref: 'docker.io/my-organization/my-app:${{ github.sha }}'
          format: 'sarif'
          output: 'trivy-results.sarif'

      - name: Upload Trivy scan results to GitHub Security tab
        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v2
        with:
          sarif_file: 'trivy-results.sarif'
```

You can find a more in-depth example here: https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy-sarif-demo/blob/master/.github/workflows/scan.yml

If you would like to upload SARIF results to GitHub Code scanning even upon a non zero exit code from Trivy Scan, you can add the following to your upload step:
```yaml
name: build
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
jobs:
  build:
    name: Build
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Build an image from Dockerfile
        run: |
          docker build -t docker.io/my-organization/my-app:${{ github.sha }} .

      - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner
        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@master
        with:
          image-ref: 'docker.io/my-organization/my-app:${{ github.sha }}'
          format: 'sarif'
          output: 'trivy-results.sarif'

      - name: Upload Trivy scan results to GitHub Security tab
        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v2
        if: always()
        with:
          sarif_file: 'trivy-results.sarif'
```

See this for more details: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/expressions#always

### Using Trivy to scan your Git repo
It's also possible to scan your git repos with Trivy's built-in repo scan. This can be handy if you want to run Trivy as a build time check on each PR that gets opened in your repo. This helps you identify potential vulnerablites that might get introduced with each PR.

If you have [GitHub code scanning](https://docs.github.com/en/github/finding-security-vulnerabilities-and-errors-in-your-code/about-code-scanning) available you can use Trivy as a scanning tool as follows:
```yaml
name: build
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
jobs:
  build:
    name: Build
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner in repo mode
        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@master
        with:
          scan-type: 'fs'
          ignore-unfixed: true
          format: 'sarif'
          output: 'trivy-results.sarif'
          severity: 'CRITICAL'

      - name: Upload Trivy scan results to GitHub Security tab
        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v2
        with:
          sarif_file: 'trivy-results.sarif'
```

### Using Trivy to scan your rootfs directories
It's also possible to scan your rootfs directories with Trivy's built-in rootfs scan. This can be handy if you want to run Trivy as a build time check on each PR that gets opened in your repo. This helps you identify potential vulnerablites that might get introduced with each PR.

If you have [GitHub code scanning](https://docs.github.com/en/github/finding-security-vulnerabilities-and-errors-in-your-code/about-code-scanning) available you can use Trivy as a scanning tool as follows:
```yaml
name: build
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
jobs:
  build:
    name: Build
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner with rootfs command
        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@master
        with:
          scan-type: 'rootfs'
          scan-ref: 'rootfs-example-binary'
          ignore-unfixed: true
          format: 'sarif'
          output: 'trivy-results.sarif'
          severity: 'CRITICAL'

      - name: Upload Trivy scan results to GitHub Security tab
        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v2
        with:
          sarif_file: 'trivy-results.sarif'
```

### Using Trivy to scan Infrastructure as Code
It's also possible to scan your IaC repos with Trivy's built-in repo scan. This can be handy if you want to run Trivy as a build time check on each PR that gets opened in your repo. This helps you identify potential vulnerablites that might get introduced with each PR.

If you have [GitHub code scanning](https://docs.github.com/en/github/finding-security-vulnerabilities-and-errors-in-your-code/about-code-scanning) available you can use Trivy as a scanning tool as follows:
```yaml
name: build
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
jobs:
  build:
    name: Build
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner in IaC mode
        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@master
        with:
          scan-type: 'config'
          hide-progress: true
          format: 'sarif'
          output: 'trivy-results.sarif'
          exit-code: '1'
          ignore-unfixed: true
          severity: 'CRITICAL,HIGH'

      - name: Upload Trivy scan results to GitHub Security tab
        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v2
        with:
          sarif_file: 'trivy-results.sarif'
```

### Using Trivy to generate SBOM
It's possible for Trivy to generate an [SBOM](https://www.aquasec.com/cloud-native-academy/supply-chain-security/sbom/) of your dependencies and submit them to a consumer like [GitHub Dependency Graph](https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/supply-chain-security/understanding-your-software-supply-chain/about-the-dependency-graph).

The [sending of an SBOM to GitHub](https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/supply-chain-security/understanding-your-software-supply-chain/using-the-dependency-submission-api) feature is only available if you currently have GitHub Dependency Graph [enabled in your repo](https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/supply-chain-security/understanding-your-software-supply-chain/configuring-the-dependency-graph#enabling-and-disabling-the-dependency-graph-for-a-private-repository).

In order to send results to GitHub Dependency Graph, you will need to create a [GitHub PAT](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/creating-a-personal-access-token) or use the [GitHub installation access token](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/automatic-token-authentication) (also known as `GITHUB_TOKEN`):

```yaml
---
name: Pull Request
on:
  push:
    branches:
    - main

## GITHUB_TOKEN authentication, add only if you're not going to use a PAT
permissions:
  contents: write

jobs:
  build:
    name: Checks
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Run Trivy in GitHub SBOM mode and submit results to Dependency Graph
        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@master
        with:
          scan-type: 'fs'
          format: 'github'
          output: 'dependency-results.sbom.json'
          image-ref: '.'
          github-pat: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # or ${{ secrets.github_pat_name }} if you're using a PAT
```

When scanning images you may want to parse the actual output JSON as Github Dependency doesn't show all details like the file path of each dependency for instance.

You can upload the report as an artifact and download it, for instance using the [upload-artifact action](https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact):

```yaml
---
name: Pull Request
on:
  push:
    branches:
    - main

## GITHUB_TOKEN authentication, add only if you're not going to use a PAT
permissions:
  contents: write

jobs:
  build:
    name: Checks
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - name: Scan image in a private registry
        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@master
        with:
          image-ref: "private_image_registry/image_name:image_tag"
          scan-type: image
          format: 'github'
          output: 'dependency-results.sbom.json'
          github-pat: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # or ${{ secrets.github_pat_name }} if you're using a PAT
          severity: "MEDIUM,HIGH,CRITICAL"
          scanners: "vuln"
        env:
          TRIVY_USERNAME: "image_registry_admin_username"
          TRIVY_PASSWORD: "image_registry_admin_password"

      - name: Upload trivy report as a Github artifact
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: trivy-sbom-report
          path: '${{ github.workspace }}/dependency-results.sbom.json'
          retention-days: 20 # 90 is the default
```

### Using Trivy to scan your private registry
It's also possible to scan your private registry with Trivy's built-in image scan. All you have to do is set ENV vars.

#### Docker Hub registry
Docker Hub needs `TRIVY_USERNAME` and `TRIVY_PASSWORD`.
You don't need to set ENV vars when downloading from a public repository.
```yaml
name: build
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
jobs:
  build:
    name: Build
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner
        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@master
        with:
          image-ref: 'docker.io/my-organization/my-app:${{ github.sha }}'
          format: 'sarif'
          output: 'trivy-results.sarif'
        env:
          TRIVY_USERNAME: Username
          TRIVY_PASSWORD: Password

      - name: Upload Trivy scan results to GitHub Security tab
        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v2
        with:
          sarif_file: 'trivy-results.sarif'
```

#### AWS ECR (Elastic Container Registry)
Trivy uses AWS SDK. You don't need to install `aws` CLI tool.
You can use [AWS CLI's ENV Vars][env-var].

[env-var]: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-envvars.html
```yaml
name: build
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
jobs:
  build:
    name: Build
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner
        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@master
        with:
          image-ref: 'aws_account_id.dkr.ecr.region.amazonaws.com/imageName:${{ github.sha }}'
          format: 'sarif'
          output: 'trivy-results.sarif'
        env:
          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: key_id
          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: access_key
          AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-west-2

      - name: Upload Trivy scan results to GitHub Security tab
        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v2
        with:
          sarif_file: 'trivy-results.sarif'
```

#### GCR (Google Container Registry)
Trivy uses Google Cloud SDK. You don't need to install `gcloud` command.

If you want to use target project's repository, you can set it via `GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIAL`.
```yaml
name: build
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
jobs:
  build:
    name: Build
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner
        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@master
        with:
          image-ref: 'docker.io/my-organization/my-app:${{ github.sha }}'
          format: 'sarif'
          output: 'trivy-results.sarif'
        env:
          GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIAL: /path/to/credential.json

      - name: Upload Trivy scan results to GitHub Security tab
        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v2
        with:
          sarif_file: 'trivy-results.sarif'
```

#### Self-Hosted
BasicAuth server needs `TRIVY_USERNAME` and `TRIVY_PASSWORD`.
if you want to use 80 port, use NonSSL `TRIVY_NON_SSL=true`
```yaml
name: build
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
jobs:
  build:
    name: Build
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner
        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@master
        with:
          image-ref: 'docker.io/my-organization/my-app:${{ github.sha }}'
          format: 'sarif'
          output: 'trivy-results.sarif'
        env:
          TRIVY_USERNAME: Username
          TRIVY_PASSWORD: Password

      - name: Upload Trivy scan results to GitHub Security tab
        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v2
        with:
          sarif_file: 'trivy-results.sarif'
```

### Using Trivy if you don't have code scanning enabled

It's also possible to browse a scan result in a workflow summary.

This step is especially useful for private repositories without [GitHub Advanced Security](https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/learning-about-github/about-github-advanced-security) license.

```yaml
- name: Run Trivy scanner
  uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@master
  with:
    scan-type: config
    hide-progress: true
    output: trivy.txt

- name: Publish Trivy Output to Summary
  run: |
    if [[ -s trivy.txt ]]; then
      {
        echo "### Security Output"
        echo "<details><summary>Click to expand</summary>"
        echo ""
        echo '```terraform'
        cat trivy.txt
        echo '```'
        echo "</details>"
      } >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
    fi
```

## Customizing

Configuration priority:
- [Inputs](#inputs)
- [Environment variables](#environment-variables)
- [Trivy config file](#trivy-config-file)
- Default values


### inputs

Following inputs can be used as `step.with` keys:

| Name                         | Type    | Default                            | Description                                                                                                                                                    |
|------------------------------|---------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `scan-type`                  | String  | `image`                            | Scan type, e.g. `image` or `fs`                                                                                                                                |
| `input`                      | String  |                                    | Tar reference, e.g. `alpine-latest.tar`                                                                                                                        |
| `image-ref`                  | String  |                                    | Image reference, e.g. `alpine:3.10.2`                                                                                                                          |
| `scan-ref`                   | String  | `/github/workspace/`               | Scan reference, e.g. `/github/workspace/` or `.`                                                                                                               |
| `format`                     | String  | `table`                            | Output format (`table`, `json`, `sarif`, `github`)                                                                                                             |
| `template`                   | String  |                                    | Output template (`@/contrib/gitlab.tpl`, `@/contrib/junit.tpl`)                                                                                                |
| `tf-vars`                    | String  |                                    | path to Terraform variables file                                                                                                                               |
| `output`                     | String  |                                    | Save results to a file                                                                                                                                         |
| `exit-code`                  | String  | `0`                                | Exit code when specified vulnerabilities are found                                                                                                             |
| `ignore-unfixed`             | Boolean | false                              | Ignore unpatched/unfixed vulnerabilities                                                                                                                       |
| `vuln-type`                  | String  | `os,library`                       | Vulnerability types (os,library)                                                                                                                               |
| `severity`                   | String  | `UNKNOWN,LOW,MEDIUM,HIGH,CRITICAL` | Severities of vulnerabilities to scanned for and displayed                                                                                                     |
| `skip-dirs`                  | String  |                                    | Comma separated list of directories where traversal is skipped                                                                                                 |
| `skip-files`                 | String  |                                    | Comma separated list of files where traversal is skipped                                                                                                       |
| `cache-dir`                  | String  |                                    | Cache directory                                                                                                                                                |
| `timeout`                    | String  | `5m0s`                             | Scan timeout duration                                                                                                                                          |
| `ignore-policy`              | String  |                                    | Filter vulnerabilities with OPA rego language                                                                                                                  |
| `hide-progress`              | String  | `false`                            | Suppress progress bar and log output                                                                                                                           |
| `list-all-pkgs`              | String  |                                    | Output all packages regardless of vulnerability                                                                                                                |
| `scanners`                   | String  | `vuln,secret`                      | comma-separated list of what security issues to detect (`vuln`,`secret`,`config`)                                                                              |
| `trivyignores`               | String  |                                    | comma-separated list of relative paths in repository to one or more `.trivyignore` files                                                                       |
| `trivy-config`               | String  |                                    | Path to trivy.yaml config                                                                                                                                      |
| `github-pat`                 | String  |                                    | Authentication token to enable sending SBOM scan results to GitHub Dependency Graph. Can be either a GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT) or GITHUB_TOKEN        |
| `limit-severities-for-sarif` | Boolean | false                              | By default *SARIF* format enforces output of all vulnerabilities regardless of configured severities. To override this behavior set this parameter to **true** |
| `docker-host`                | String  |                                    | By default it is set to `unix://var/run/docker.sock`, but can be updated to help with containerized infrastructure values                                      |

### Environment variables
You can use [Trivy environment variables][trivy-env] to set the necessary options (including flags that are not supported by [Inputs](#inputs), such as `--secret-config`).

### Trivy config file
When using the `trivy-config` [Input](#inputs), you can set options using the [Trivy config file][trivy-config] (including flags that are not supported by [Inputs](#inputs), such as `--secret-config`).

[release]: https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy-action/releases/latest
[release-img]: https://img.shields.io/github/release/aquasecurity/trivy-action.svg?logo=github
[marketplace]: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/aqua-security-trivy
[marketplace-img]: https://img.shields.io/badge/marketplace-trivy--action-blue?logo=github
[license]: https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy-action/blob/master/LICENSE
[license-img]: https://img.shields.io/github/license/aquasecurity/trivy-action
[trivy-env]: https://aquasecurity.github.io/trivy/latest/docs/configuration/#environment-variables
[trivy-config]: https://aquasecurity.github.io/trivy/latest/docs/references/configuration/config-file/