Trivy MCP Server (Official)
Official Trivy MCP server enabling AI agents to run vulnerability scans with Trivy — scanning container images, filesystems, Git repositories, and Kubernetes clusters for CVEs, misconfigurations, exposed secrets, and supply chain risks.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
Local execution. No external auth complexity. CNCF project. Registry creds for private images. Results handling care needed.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
An agent needs to scan code, containers, or IaC for vulnerabilities and misconfigurations — especially in CI/CD pipelines or DevSecOps workflows.
Avoid When
You need runtime detection or DAST scanning — use different tools for those.
Use Cases
- • Scanning container images for CVEs from security pipeline agents
- • Checking Kubernetes manifests for misconfigurations from DevSecOps agents
- • Scanning IaC files (Terraform, CloudFormation) for security issues
- • Generating SBOMs for compliance and supply chain agents
- • Detecting exposed secrets in repositories from security audit agents
- • Continuous vulnerability monitoring from security posture agents
Not For
- • Teams using Snyk, Grype, or other scanners for vulnerability management
- • Runtime threat detection (Trivy is static analysis, not runtime)
- • DAST scanning (Trivy is SAST/SCA-focused)
Interface
Authentication
Trivy runs locally — no API authentication required. Container registry auth uses standard Docker credentials. Aqua Platform cloud has separate auth.
Pricing
Trivy is fully free and open source. Aqua Platform adds enterprise management. MCP server is open source.
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ Scan targets must be accessible from agent environment (local files or registries)
- ⚠ Large container images or repos can take significant time to scan
- ⚠ Vulnerability DB must be up to date — agents should trigger DB updates
- ⚠ False positives common — agents should filter by severity threshold
- ⚠ Registry credentials needed for private container images
- ⚠ Trivy results include fixed and unfixed vulnerabilities — agents should distinguish
Alternatives
Full Evaluation Report
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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-06.