Trivy Security Scanning Cheat Sheet

Container and IaC security scanning with Trivy. Vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and CI/CD integration.

Last Updated: December 24, 2025

Trivy Basics

What Trivy scans, database

Key concept 1: trivy basics
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing trivy basics in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 2: trivy basics
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing trivy basics in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 3: trivy basics
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing trivy basics in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 4: trivy basics
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing trivy basics in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 5: trivy basics
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing trivy basics in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 6: trivy basics
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing trivy basics in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.

Container Scanning

Image scanning, layers, severity

Key concept 1: container scanning
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing container scanning in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 2: container scanning
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing container scanning in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 3: container scanning
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing container scanning in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 4: container scanning
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing container scanning in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 5: container scanning
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing container scanning in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.

IaC Scanning

Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes

Key concept 1: iac scanning
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing iac scanning in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 2: iac scanning
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing iac scanning in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 3: iac scanning
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing iac scanning in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 4: iac scanning
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing iac scanning in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 5: iac scanning
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing iac scanning in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 6: iac scanning
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing iac scanning in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.

CI/CD Integration

GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins

Key concept 1: ci/cd integration
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing ci/cd integration in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 2: ci/cd integration
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing ci/cd integration in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 3: ci/cd integration
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing ci/cd integration in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 4: ci/cd integration
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing ci/cd integration in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 5: ci/cd integration
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing ci/cd integration in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.

Policy Enforcement

Fail builds, exceptions, policies

Key concept 1: policy enforcement
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing policy enforcement in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 2: policy enforcement
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing policy enforcement in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 3: policy enforcement
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing policy enforcement in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 4: policy enforcement
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing policy enforcement in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 5: policy enforcement
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing policy enforcement in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 6: policy enforcement
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing policy enforcement in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.

Reporting

Output formats, SARIF, dashboards

Key concept 1: reporting
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing reporting in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 2: reporting
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing reporting in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 3: reporting
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing reporting in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 4: reporting
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing reporting in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
Key concept 5: reporting
Comprehensive explanation and practical examples for implementing reporting in production environments. Includes best practices, common pitfalls to avoid, and performance considerations.
💡 Pro Tip: Master the fundamentals of Trivy Security Scanning first before diving into advanced features. Practice with real-world projects and refer to this comprehensive cheatsheet for quick reference and best practices.
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