# 使用 Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper 安装 govulncheck

查看 govulncheck 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:govulncheck
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install govulncheck
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install govulncheck
```

  证据: MacPorts ports tree: security/govulncheck/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install govulncheck
```

  证据: Debian stable package indexes: govulncheck from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install govulncheck
```

  证据: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: govulncheck from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#govulncheck
```

  证据: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/govulncheck/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S govulncheck
```

  证据: Arch Linux sync databases: govulncheck from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install govulncheck
```

  证据: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: govulncheck from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:govulncheck
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 1.6.0
- **来源摘要:** Database client and tools for the Go vulnerability database
- **主页:** <https://github.com/golang/vuln>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/golang/vuln>
- **最后更新:** 2026-07-25T20:55:27-04:00
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- govulncheck (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 1.6.0
## 项目历史与用法

govulncheck is the Go project's command-line vulnerability scanner. It is part of Go's vulnerability-management effort and is backed by the Go vulnerability database, with a defining design goal of reducing noise by reporting vulnerabilities that are reachable through the functions a program actually calls.

### 项目历史

The golang/vuln repository was created as the code home for Go vulnerability-management tooling and database clients. The official README describes the repository as Go's support for vulnerability management: tooling for analyzing codebases and binaries, backed by a Go vulnerability database curated by the Go security team.

The Go team publicly announced vulnerability management support on 2022-09-06. That announcement introduced govulncheck as a standalone command for frequent updates and rapid feedback, separate from the Go distribution while the team gathered user experience. The same post described the Go vulnerability database as a curated source built from CVEs, GitHub Security Advisories, direct package maintainer reports, and Go security team review.

On 2023-07-13, the Go team announced govulncheck v1.0.0 and a stable scanning API. That marked govulncheck's transition from an experimental ecosystem tool into an official integration point for other scanners and workflows. The Go documentation and pkg.go.dev pages later describe source and binary analysis, JSON and other machine-readable formats, database configuration, privacy properties, and known limitations.

### 采用历史

govulncheck adoption is unusually direct for a language-security tool because the Go project itself promotes it in the security documentation, tutorial, repository README, and package documentation. The Go blog also describes integrations with pkg.go.dev, the VS Code Go extension, a GitHub Action, and OSV-Scanner integration work, putting the CLI into editor, package discovery, CI, and scanner ecosystems.

The input package-manager metadata lists govulncheck in Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, and zypper. That broad packaging matters because security checks are commonly installed in CI images and developer environments where relying only on `go install` may not match local package policy.

### 使用方式

The common command path is intentionally simple: install `golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck` and run `govulncheck ./...` from a Go module. The scanner can analyze source code, and package documentation also describes binary analysis with `-mode binary`, extraction mode, build tags, test-file inclusion, verbose output, JSON streaming, SARIF, and OpenVEX-related output support.

By default, govulncheck queries the Go vulnerability database at vuln.go.dev. The pkg.go.dev documentation states that those requests contain module paths with vulnerabilities known to the database rather than code or other properties of the user's program, and the repository links to a dedicated privacy policy.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

govulncheck is significant because it changed Go vulnerability scanning from manifest-level dependency matching toward call-aware analysis. For package maintainers, this matters: it can reduce alert fatigue, make security CI less noisy, and help distinguish vulnerable-but-unused dependency code from reachable vulnerable functions.

It is also one of the clearer examples of modern language-ecosystem security plumbing: a curated vulnerability database, OSV-format data, package-discovery integration, editor integration, CI integration, an installable CLI, and a public API all orbit the same tool.

### 时间线

- 2021: The golang/vuln mirror repository was created for Go vulnerability database clients and tools.
- 2022-09-06: The Go team announced Go vulnerability management and introduced govulncheck as a standalone low-noise scanner.
- 2023-07-13: The Go team announced govulncheck v1.0.0 and a stable API for scanner integrations.
- 2023: The Go blog described pkg.go.dev, VS Code Go extension, GitHub Action, and OSV-Scanner integration paths.
- 2026: pkg.go.dev documentation described govulncheck source/binary analysis, JSON streaming, SARIF, VEX-oriented output, and documented limitations.

### Related projects

- The Go vulnerability database at vuln.go.dev provides the curated data used by govulncheck.
- pkg.go.dev surfaces Go vulnerability information in package discovery workflows.
- The VS Code Go extension and the govulncheck GitHub Action are official or Go-team-documented integration paths.
- OSV-Scanner is referenced by the Go team as an integration point for govulncheck analysis.

### 来源

- <https://api.github.com/repos/golang/vuln>
- <https://go.dev/blog/govulncheck>
- <https://go.dev/blog/vuln>
- <https://go.dev/doc/security/vuln/>
- <https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golang/vuln/master/README.md>


## 安全说明

没有找到 govulncheck 的匹配本地密钥处理 manifest。Nucleus 软件包元数据仍在此发布，以便未来覆盖拥有稳定的软件包 URL。


## 其他软件包管理器记录

- Debian apt - govulncheck - 1.0.4-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: govulncheck from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | CLI for detecting vulnerabilities in Go packages | https://github.com/golang/vuln
- Nix - govulncheck: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/govulncheck/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - govulncheck - 1.0.1-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: govulncheck from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | CLI for detecting vulnerabilities in Go packages | https://github.com/golang/vuln
- dnf - govulncheck - 1.1.4-2.20260218gita9cf566.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: govulncheck from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Database client and tools for the Go vulnerability database | https://github.com/golang/vuln
- pacman - govulncheck - 1.5.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: govulncheck from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Database client and tools for the Go vulnerability database | https://github.com/golang/vuln
- zypper - govulncheck - 1.6.0-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: govulncheck from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | CLI tool to report known CVE vulnerabilities in Go source code and binaries | https://github.com/golang/vuln
- MacPorts - govulncheck: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: security/govulncheck/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/govulncheck.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/govulncheck.yml)


## 来源

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph