
Qualys released QScanner – a console vulnerability scanner for container images. Feed it an image and get a list of vulnerabilities (a la Trivy).
It supports:
“Local Runtimes: Scan images from Docker, Containerd, or Podman.
Local Archives: Analyze Docker images or OCI layouts from local files.
Remote Registries: Connect to AWS ECR, Azure Container Registry, JFrog, GHCR, and more.”
Capabilities:
Detects OS package vulnerabilities
Software Composition Analysis (SCA) for Ruby, Rust, PHP, Java, Go, Python, .NET and Node.js applications.
Detects secrets (passwords, API keys and tokens)
But it’s not free. All cases, except SBOM generation, require ACCESS_TOKEN and Platform POD. QScanner is the interface of Qualys Container Security module.
It can be used for:
scanning local images on developers’ desktops
integration into CI/CD pipelines
integration with registries
The concept is interesting.