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gh-action-pip-audit
A GitHub Action that uses pip-audit
to scan Python dependencies for known vulnerabilities.
This project is maintained in part by Trail of Bits with support from Google. This is not an official Google or Trail of Bits product.
Index
Usage
Simply add pypa/gh-action-pip-audit
to one of your workflows:
jobs:
selftest:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: install
run: python -m pip install .
- uses: pypa/gh-action-pip-audit@v1.1.0
Or, with a virtual environment:
jobs:
selftest:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: install
run: |
python -m venv env/
source env/bin/activate
python -m pip install .
- uses: pypa/gh-action-pip-audit@v1.1.0
with:
virtual-environment: env/
By default, pip-audit
will run in "pip list
source" mode, meaning that it'll
attempt to collect dependencies from the local environment. See
the configuration documentation below for more input
and behavioral options.
Configuration
gh-action-pip-audit
takes a variety of configuration inputs, all of which are
optional.
inputs
Default: Empty, indicating "pip list
source" mode
The inputs
setting controls what sources pip-audit
runs on.
To audit one or more requirements-style inputs:
- uses: pypa/gh-action-pip-audit@v1.1.0
with:
inputs: requirements.txt dev-requirements.txt
To audit a project that uses pyproject.toml
for its dependencies:
- uses: pypa/gh-action-pip-audit@v1.1.0
with:
# NOTE: this can be `.`, for the current directory
inputs: path/to/project/
virtual-environment
Default: Empty, indicating no virtual environment
The virtual-environment
setting controls the
virtual environment that this
action loads to, if specified. The value is the top-level directory for the
virtual environment, which is conventionally named env
or venv
.
Depending on your CI and project configuration, you may or may not need this setting. Specifically, you only need it if you satisfy all of the following conditions:
- You are auditing an environment (not a requirements file or other project metadata)
- Your environment is not already "active", i.e.
python -m pip
points to a differentpip
than the one that your environment uses
Example: use the virtual environment specified at env/
, relative to the
current directory:
- uses: pypa/gh-action-pip-audit@v1.1.0
with:
virtual-environment: env/
# Note the absence of `input:`, since we're auditing the environment.
local
Default: false
The local
setting corresponds to pip-audit
's --local
flag, which controls
whether non-local dependencies are included when auditing in "pip list
source"
mode.
By default all dependencies are included; with local: true
, only dependencies
installed directly into the current environment are included.
Example:
- uses: pypa/gh-action-pip-audit@v1.1.0
with:
local: true
vulnerability-service
Default: PyPI
Options: PyPI
, OSV
(case insensitive)
The vulnerability-service
setting controls which vulnerability service is used for the audit.
It's directly equivalent to pip-audit --vulnerability-service=...
.
To audit with OSV instead of PyPI:
- uses: pypa/gh-action-pip-audit@v1.1.0
with:
vulnerability-service: osv
require-hashes
Default: false
The require-hashes
setting controls whether strict hash checking is enabled.
It's directly equivalent to pip-audit --require-hashes ...
.
Example:
- uses: pypa/gh-action-pip-audit@v1.1.0
with:
# NOTE: only works with requirements-style inputs
inputs: requirements.txt
require-hashes: true
no-deps
Default: false
The no-deps
setting controls whether dependency resolution is performed.
It's directly equivalent to pip-audit --no-deps ...
.
Example:
- uses: pypa/gh-action-pip-audit@v1.1.0
with:
# NOTE: only works with requirements-style inputs
inputs: requirements.txt
no-deps: true
summary
Default: true
The summary
setting controls whether a GitHub
job summary
is rendered at the end of the action.
Example:
- uses: pypa/gh-action-pip-audit@v1.1.0
with:
summary: false
index-url
Default: Empty, indicating PyPI
The index-url
setting specifies a base URL for an alternative PEP 503-compatible
package index.
This is probably not want you want. If your goal is to add complementary
indices to search (such as a corporate index with private packages), see
extra-index-urls
.
Example:
- uses: pypa/gh-action-pip-audit@v1.1.0
with:
index-url: https://example.corporate.local/simple
extra-index-urls
Default: Empty (no extra indexes are searched by default)
The extra-index-urls
setting specifies one or more extra PEP 503-compatible packages
indexes to search when resolving dependencies. Each URL is whitespace-separated.
Example:
- uses: pypa/gh-action-pip-audit@v1.1.0
with:
extra-index-urls: |
https://example.corporate.local/simple
https://prod.corporate.local/simple
ignore-vulns
Default: Empty (no vulnerabilities are ignored)
The ignore-vulns
setting specifies one or more vulnerability IDs to
ignore (i.e., exclude from the results) if present. Each ID is whitespace-separated.
Example
- uses: pypa/gh-action-pip-audit@v1.1.0
with:
ignore-vulns: |
GHSA-XXXX-YYYYYY
PYSEC-AAAA-BBBBB
Internal options
<details> <summary>⚠️ Internal options ⚠️</summary>Everything below is considered "internal," which means that it isn't part of the stable public settings and may be removed or changed at any point. You probably do not need these settings.
All internal options are prefixed with internal-be-careful-
.
internal-be-careful-allow-failure
Default: false
The internal-be-careful-allow-failure
setting allows the job to pass, even
if the underlying pip-audit
run fails (e.g. due to vulnerabilities detected).
Be very careful with this setting! Using it unwittingly will prevent the action
from failing your CI when pip-audit
fails, which is probably not what you want.
Example:
- uses: pypa/gh-action-pip-audit@v1.1.0
with:
internal-be-careful-allow-failure: true
internal-be-careful-extra-flags
Default: ""
The internal-be-careful-extra-flags
setting passes the specified flags
to pip-audit
.
Example:
- uses: pypa/gh-action-pip-audit@v1.1.0
with:
internal-be-careful-extra-flags: --not-a-real-pip-audit-flag
</details>
Troubleshooting
This section is still a work in progress. Please help us improve it!
The action takes longer than I expect!
If you're auditing a requirements file, consider setting no-deps: true
or
require-hashes: true
:
- uses: pypa/gh-action-pip-audit@v1.1.0
with:
inputs: requirements.txt
require-hashes: true
or:
- uses: pypa/gh-action-pip-audit@v1.1.0
with:
inputs: requirements.txt
no-deps: true
See the
"pip-audit
takes longer than I expect!"
troubleshooting for more details.
The action shows dependencies that aren't in my environment!
In the default ("pip list
source") configuration, pip-audit
collects all
dependencies that are visible in the current environment.
Depending on the project or CI's configuration, this can include packages installed by the host system itself, or other Python projects that happen to be installed.
To minimize external dependencies, you can opt into a virtual environment:
- uses: pypa/gh-action-pip-audit@v1.1.0
with:
# must be populated earlier in the CI
virtual-environment: env/
and, more aggressively, specify that only dependencies marked as "local" in the virtual environment should be included:
- uses: pypa/gh-action-pip-audit@v1.1.0
with:
# must be populated earlier in the CI
virtual-environment: env/
local: true
There's an issue with the action and I want to enable debug logging!
The action prints debug information when the ACTIONS_STEP_DEBUG
secret is set
to `true``. You should be able to enable this behavior by
following these instructions.
Tips and Tricks
Running against a pipenv project
If you are adding pip-audit
to a pipenv based project, you'll first need
to convert the Pipfile[.lock]
to a requirements.txt
file that pip-audit
can ingest. Use a Python tool, such as
pipfile-requirements
, to
convert your Pipfile[.lock]
to a requirements.txt
file and then run
pip-audit
GitHub Action against the generated requirements file.
jobs:
pip-audit:
steps:
- uses: actions/setup-python@v5
with:
python-version: 3.9 # change to your required version of Python
- name: 'Generate requirements.txt'
run: |
pipx run pipfile-requirements Pipfile.lock > requirements.txt
- uses: pypa/gh-action-pip-audit@v1.1.0
with:
inputs: requirements.txt
Licensing
gh-action-pip-audit
is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.
Code of Conduct
Everyone interacting with this project is expected to follow the PSF Code of Conduct.