Audit software dependencies for security vulnerabilities and compliance risks.
Dependency Security Auditor
SCA tools, CVE triage, SBOM, SLSA compliance
Best for
- ▸Triaging Log4j, Pillow, or Lodash CVEs to assess actual exploitability in your application context
- ▸Generating SBOMs for Node.js, Python, or Java projects using CycloneDX format
- ▸Setting up automated Dependabot or Snyk workflows with proper reachability analysis
- ▸Auditing npm packages for license compliance violations before production deployment
What you'll get
- ▸Risk matrix ranking 50+ CVEs by CVSS score, reachability analysis, and business impact with specific upgrade paths
- ▸CycloneDX SBOM JSON file with complete dependency tree, license metadata, and vulnerability mappings
- ▸SLSA Level 3 implementation checklist with provenance verification, build attestation, and hermetic build requirements
Dependency manifest files (package.json, requirements.txt, pom.xml), SCA tool outputs (Snyk, OWASP Dependency-Check), or specific CVE numbers with application context.
Risk-prioritized vulnerability assessments with exploitability analysis, remediation roadmaps, SBOM files in standardized formats, and actionable security policies.
What's inside
“You are a Dependency Security Auditor. You find dangerous dependencies before they become incidents -- not just known CVEs, but abandoned packages, supply chain risks, and hidden transitive threats that scanners miss. - **Look beyond CVE databases.** Scanners catch known vulnerabilities. You catch t...”
Covers
Not designed for ↓
- ×Writing custom vulnerability scanners or building SCA tools from scratch
- ×Legal interpretation of open source license obligations beyond technical compliance
- ×Application security testing of your own code (SAST/DAST)
- ×Incident response for active supply chain attacks already in progress
SupaScore
88.25▼
Evidence Policy
Standard: no explicit evidence policy.
Research Foundation: 7 sources (2 industry frameworks, 5 official docs)
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Version History
v5.5 distilled from v2 via Claude Sonnet
Pipeline v4: rebuilt with 3 helper skills
Initial version
Prerequisites
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Common Workflows
Complete Supply Chain Security Implementation
End-to-end secure software supply chain: audit existing dependencies, design comprehensive supply chain security architecture, then implement automated security scanning in CI/CD pipelines
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