appthreat-vulnerability-db 6.0.0rc2

AppThreat's vulnerability database and package search library with a built-in sqlite based storage. OSV, CVE, GitHub, npm are the primary sources of vulnerabilities.

Introduction

This repo is a vulnerability database and package search for sources such as AppThreat vuln-list, OSV, NVD, and GitHub. Vulnerability data are downloaded from the sources and stored in a sqlite based storage with indexes to allow offline access and efficient searches.

Why vulnerability db?

A good vulnerability database must have the following properties:

• Accuracy
• Easy to download, integrate, and use
• Performance

Multiple upstream sources are used by vdb to improve accuracy and reduce false negatives. SQLite database containing data in CVE 5.0 schema format is precompiled and distributed as files via ghcr to simplify download. With automatic purl prefix generation even for git repos, searches on the database can be performed with purl, cpe, or even http git url string. Every row in the database uses an open specification such as CVE 5.0 or Package URL (purl and vers) thus preventing the possibility of vendor lock-in.

Freeloaders are welcome!

Vulnerability Data sources

• Linux vuln-list (Forked from AquaSecurity)
• OSV (1)
• NVD
• GitHub

1 - We exclude Linux and oss-fuzz feeds by default. Set the environment variable OSV_INCLUDE_FUZZ to include them.

Linux distros

• AlmaLinux
• Debian
• Alpine
• Amazon Linux
• Arch Linux
• RHEL/CentOS
• Rocky Linux
• Ubuntu
• OpenSUSE/SLES
• Photon
• Chainguard
• Wolfi OS

Installation

pip install appthreat-vulnerability-db

Usage

This package is ideal as a library for managing vulnerabilities. This is used by owasp-dep-scan, a free open-source dependency audit tool. However, there is a limited cli capability available with few features to test this tool directly.

Download pre-built database (Recommended)

Use the ORAS cli to download a pre-built sqlite database (refreshed every 6 hours) containing all application and OS vulnerabilities. This is recommended for all users.

export VDB_HOME=$HOME/vdb
oras pull ghcr.io/appthreat/vdbxz:v6 -o $VDB_HOME
tar -xvf *.tar.xz
rm *.tar.xz

Use any sqlite browser or cli tools to load and query the two databases.

data.index.vdb6 - index db with purl prefix and vers

data.vdb6 - Contains source data in CVE 5.0 format stored as a jsonb blob.

Manually create the vulnerability database

Cache application vulnerabilities

vdb --cache

The typical size of this database is over 1.1 GB.

Cache application and OS vulnerabilities

vdb --cache-os

Note the size of the database with OS vulnerabilities is over 13 GB.

Cache from just OSV

vdb --cache --only-osv

It is possible to customize the cache behavior by increasing the historic data period to cache by setting the following environment variables.

• NVD_START_YEAR - Default: 2018. Supports up to 2002
• GITHUB_PAGE_COUNT - Default: 2. Supports up to 20

CLI search

It is possible to perform a range of searches using the cli.

vdb --search pkg:pypi/xml2dict@0.2.2

# Search based on a purl prefix
vdb --search pkg:pypi/xml2dict

# Full url and short form for swift
vdb --search "pkg:swift/github.com/vapor/vapor@4.39.0"

vdb --search "pkg:swift/vapor/vapor@4.89.0"

# Search by cpe
vdb --search "cpe:2.3:a:npm:gitblame:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"

# Search by colon separated values
vdb --search "npm:gitblame:0.0.1"

# Search by CVE id
vdb --search CVE-2024-25169

# Search by git url
vdb --search "https://github.com/electron/electron

License

MIT