--- title: Bandit - check your Python code for security issues description: Bandit is a static analysis tool that scans Python code to detect common security issues. It originated within the OpenStack Security Project before being... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/bandit---check-your-python-code-for-security-issues-giyz88dks twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Bandit - check your Python code for security issues | daily.dev og:description: Bandit is a static analysis tool that scans Python code to detect common security issues. It originated within the OpenStack Security Project before being... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/bandit---check-your-python-code-for-security-issues-giyz88dks og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GiyZ88DKs.png og:image:alt: Bandit - check your Python code for security issues og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Bandit - check your Python code for security issues **[Cyber Security](https://daily.dev/sources/cyber_sec)** · [@rvrlx](https://daily.dev/rvrlx) · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Bandit is a static analysis tool that scans Python code to detect common security issues. It originated within the OpenStack Security Project before being rehomed to PyCQA, and the project is hosted on GitHub for anyone to use or contribute to. ## Content Bandit: A tool designed to find common security issues in Python code. Note: It was originally developed within the OpenStack Security Project and later rehomed to PyCQA. Links: - Github repo [https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit](https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit) ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Audit Your Python App Like Mozilla Audited Firefox](https://daily.dev/posts/audit-your-python-app-like-mozilla-audited-firefox-in19foj1s) · Planet Python · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Python Supply Chain Security Made Easy](https://daily.dev/posts/python-supply-chain-security-made-easy-tuymgatoc) · Planet Python · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Guard rails, not gatekeeping](https://daily.dev/posts/guard-rails-not-gatekeeping-n8yee7z3c) · Ruby Flow · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [This Week In Security: Linux Flaws, Python Ownage, And A Botnet Shutdown](https://daily.dev/posts/this-week-in-security-linux-flaws-python-ownage-and-a-botnet-shutdown-40mk3ffr8) · Hackaday · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [VulnHunter: an open-source, agentic AI code security tool](https://daily.dev/posts/vulnhunter-an-open-source-agentic-ai-code-security-tool-sux4ssvhx) · Hacker News · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#appsec](https://daily.dev/tags/appsec) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/bandit---check-your-python-code-for-security-issues-giyz88dks) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/bandit---check-your-python-code-for-security-issues-giyz88dks","headline":"Bandit - check your Python code for security issues","text":"Bandit is a static analysis tool that scans Python code to detect common security issues. 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