OpenVAS

Open Vulnerability Assessment Scanner

OpenVAS is a vulnerability scanner developed and maintained by Greenbone since 2006. It identifies security weaknesses in networks and systems through both unauthenticated and authenticated testing, supporting a range of high-level and low-level internet and industrial protocols. The scanner can be tuned for performance in large-scale scans, and it includes an internal programming language for implementing custom vulnerability tests. Detection tests are sourced from a feed with daily updates.

OpenVAS is part of the commercial OPENVAS SCAN vulnerability management product family, where it forms the OPENVAS COMMUNITY EDITION alongside other open-source modules. The project provides documentation, source code, a community forum, and a security response channel for reporting issues.

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