macOS
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Install vunnel with Homebrew, Nix
Tool for collecting vulnerability data from various sources. Version 0.63.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-31. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#vunnel.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#vunnelnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/vu/vunnel/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Tool for collecting vulnerability data from various sources
Project links
Commands and aliases
- vunnel
history
Project history and usage
Vunnel is Anchore's vulnerability-data collection and transformation tool: an ETL-style command-line program used to fetch upstream advisory data, normalize it, and store it for downstream vulnerability database construction.
Project history
Anchore's public repository for Vunnel was created in November 2022. The project describes itself as a tool for fetching, transforming, and storing vulnerability data from many sources, including Linux distribution feeds, GitHub Security Advisories, NVD, and other advisory services.
Vunnel sits in Anchore's Syft/Grype security-tooling ecosystem rather than being a user-facing scanner itself. Anchore's product documentation explains that Anchore Enterprise and Grype use multiple vulnerability sources because upstream advisory data is fragmented, and that Vunnel exists to understand those source-specific formats and emit a consistent form usable by the vulnerability database.
Adoption history
Its adoption is mostly indirect: users of Grype and Anchore Enterprise benefit from Vunnel through the vulnerability database those tools consume. Anchore's public documentation for contributors treats Vunnel providers as the extension point for adding new vulnerability-data sources.
How it is used
In package-nerd terms, Vunnel is the data plumbing behind a scanner database. Maintainers write providers that implement source-specific update logic, choose a schema such as OSV or OpenVEX where possible, and normalize feed data so later matching tools can reason over it.
Why package nerds care
Vunnel matters because vulnerability scanners are only as good as their advisory feeds. It is the small, specialized tool that turns a messy world of distro trackers, NVD records, GitHub advisories, and emerging vulnerability-exchange schemas into buildable database input.
Timeline
- 2022: The anchore/vunnel GitHub repository was created.
- 2023: Public releases in the 0.x series show Vunnel becoming a separately versioned component of Anchore's vulnerability-data pipeline.
- 2026: Anchore contributor documentation describes new-provider schema selection, including preference for OSV and other externally specified formats.
Related projects
- Grype consumes vulnerability database data built from upstream feeds; grype-db is the database-builder side of the same Anchore ecosystem; OSV, OpenVEX, and CSAF are related vulnerability-data formats mentioned in Vunnel contributor guidance.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for vunnel. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
.vunnel.yaml
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
vunnel | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.63.1
manager updated2026-07-31
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:vunnel |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.63.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/anchore/vunnel |
| Repository | https://github.com/anchore/vunnel |
| Last updated | 2026-07-31T20:02:02Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
vunnel
nix profile install nixpkgs#vunnel- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Vunnel
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation