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# google/osv-scanner: Vulnerability scanner written in Go which uses the data provided by https://osv.dev

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## Summary

OSV-Scanner provides an officially supported frontend to the OSV database that connects a project’s list of dependencies with the vulnerabilities that affect them. The OSV format unambiguously stores information about affected versions in a machine-readable format that precisely maps onto a developer's list of packages.

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