# dependency-audit

Checks dependencies, frameworks, runtimes, and dev tools for CVEs and security anti-patterns. Use it when a project needs a stack-level security review.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 468 installs · ★ 435
- Author: briiirussell
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/briiirussell/cybersecurity-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/dependency-audit/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-05-27
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/dependency-audit

## What it does

The skill inventories package manifests, lock files, runtimes, frameworks, CI/CD settings, containers, and infrastructure tools. It covers direct and transitive dependencies, monorepos, optional and peer dependencies, plus version overrides. It then selects commands such as `npm audit`, `pip audit`, `bundle audit`, `govulncheck`, `cargo audit`, `composer audit`, and `trivy`.

It separates production findings from development tooling and checks framework-specific risks such as exposed secrets, SQL injection, CSRF gaps, SSRF, authorization bypasses, and unsafe deserialization. Fresh advisory research uses `WebSearch`. A forced npm fix can downgrade a package, so the skill requires reviewing `npm audit fix --dry-run --force` first.

The available tools are `Bash`, `Read`, `Write`, `Grep`, `Glob`, and `WebSearch`. For unresolved transitive issues, it checks whether the vulnerable path is reachable, considers an override or provider change, and records the finding when it remains open.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add briiirussell/cybersecurity-skills --skill dependency-audit -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/dependency-audit/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/dependency-audit/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add briiirussell/cybersecurity-skills --skill dependency-audit -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/dependency-audit/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add briiirussell/cybersecurity-skills --skill dependency-audit -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/dependency-audit/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install briiirussell/cybersecurity-skills dependency-audit
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/dependency-audit/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add briiirussell/cybersecurity-skills --skill dependency-audit -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/briiirussell/cybersecurity-skills --path skills/dependency-audit
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/dependency-audit/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add briiirussell/cybersecurity-skills --skill dependency-audit -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/briiirussell/cybersecurity-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/dependency-audit/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- inventory every dependency in a project
- separate production CVEs from dev-only findings
- check framework and runtime security issues
- inspect CI/CD, containers, and IaC versions
- assess whether a transitive vulnerability is reachable

## Example prompts
- Audit this project’s dependencies and report the CVEs you find.
- Compare `npm audit --json` with `npm audit --omit=dev --json` and separate production findings.
- Review this Next.js project for dependency risks, exposed secrets, and framework-specific security patterns.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: dependency-audit
description: "Audit project dependencies, frameworks, languages, and dev tools for known vulnerabilities, CVEs, and security anti-patterns. Use when the user mentions 'dependency audit,' 'npm audit,' 'CVE,' 'vulnerable packages,' 'supply chain security,' 'outdated dependencies,' 'known vulnerabilities,' 'security advisory,' 'package security,' 'framework vulnerability,' 'is this package safe,' or needs to check whether their stack has known security issues."
allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Write, Grep, Glob, WebSearch
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# Dependency Audit — Framework, Package, and Toolchain Security

Audit project dependencies, frameworks, language runtimes, and dev tools for known vulnerabilities (CVEs), security anti-patterns, and supply chain risks.

## Methodology

### Step 1: Inventory the Stack

Identify everything in use — not just direct dependencies but the full chain:

**Package manifests — read and catalog:**
```
Node/JS:    package.json, package-lock.json, yarn.lock, pnpm-lock.yaml
Python:     requirements.txt, Pipfile.lock, pyproject.toml, poetry.lock
Ruby:       Gemfile, Gemfile.lock
Go:         go.mod, go.sum
Rust:       Cargo.toml, Cargo.lock
Java:       pom.xml, build.gradle
PHP:        composer.json, composer.lock
.NET:       *.csproj, packages.config
```

**Framework and runtime versions:**
- Check framework version (Next.js, Django, Rails, Spring, Laravel, Express, etc.)
- Check language/runtime version (Node.js, Python, Ruby, Go, Java, PHP, .NET)
- Check infrastructure tools (Docker base images, Terraform providers, Kubernetes versions)

**Dev tools and CI/CD:**
- Check CI/CD pipeline configs (.github/workflows, .gitlab-ci.yml, Jenkinsfile)
- Check pre-commit hooks, linters, formatters
- Check container base images and their update status
- Check IaC tool versions (Terraform, Pulumi, CDK)

**Edge cases in package manifests:**
- `optionalDependencies` — installed but not audited by default
- `peerDependencies` — version range may not match what's installed
- `overrides` / yarn `resolutions` / pnpm `overrides` — check if used to *silence* advisories rather than fix them
- Monorepos: read every `packages/*/package.json` and `apps/*/package.json`, not just the root
- `engines` field — older-than-LTS Node makes other audits moot

### Step 2: Run Automated Audit Tools

Run the appropriate audit command for the project:

```bash
# Node.js
npm audit --json                # full structured output
npm audit --omit=dev --json     # production-only: filters dev/build-time vulns
````
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