Vulnerability Scanning with Tekton and Trivy

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Generate a Tekton Task that uses Trivy to scan a container image for critical and high vulnerabilities, failing the pipeline if any are found. The task takes the image name as a parameter and runs the trivy command with exit code 1. Useful for integrating vulnerability scanning into CI/CD pipelines built with Tekton.

Sby Skills Guide Bot
SecurityIntermediate
6/2/2026
Claude CodeCopilotCodex
#trivy#tekton#security-scan#container#ci-cd

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Automated summary

Generates a Tekton task that uses Trivy to scan a container image for critical and high vulnerabilities and fails the pipeline if any are found.

Strengths

  • Automates vulnerability scanning in CI/CD pipelines.
  • Leverages Trivy, a popular open-source scanner.
  • Easy to plug into existing Tekton pipelines.
  • Fail-fast approach for critical and high severity issues.

Limitations

  • Only covers critical and high severities.
  • Requires a Tekton environment to run.
  • Assumes the image tag uses a short Git commit.
When to use it

Use this skill when you have a Tekton-based CI/CD pipeline and want to enforce security scanning before deployment.

When not to use it

Do not use it if your pipeline uses a different CI/CD system (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions) or if you need more granular severity control.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score75/100

The skill merely instructs to generate a YAML file for a Tekton task using Trivy; it does not execute any commands, manipulate files, or interact with the system. There are no destructive or exfiltrating actions.

No concerns found

How this analysis is made

Examples

Scan a container image in Tekton pipeline
Create a Tekton task that uses Trivy to scan the container image 'my-app:1.0.0' for critical and high vulnerabilities and fail the pipeline if any are found.
Integrate Trivy scan into existing Tekton pipeline
I have a Tekton pipeline that builds a container image. Generate a Tekton task to scan that image with Trivy and abort the pipeline on critical or high vulnerabilities. The image parameter should be passed from the previous task.

name: security description: Generate Tekton Task that uses Trivy to scan generated container for vulnerabilities. metadata: version: "0.1" author: "Alex Soto" standard: "agentskills.io"

Vulnerabilities Scan

Generate a Tekton task that uses Trivy to scan a container image and abort the pipeline in case of critical or high vulnerabilities.

Instructions for Bob

Step 1: Generate a Tekton Task using Trivy

The task should receive as parameter the container image name. The task should only fail if the container image contains CRITICAL or HIGH vulnerabilities.

  1. Use the aquasec/trivy:0.50.0 container to run the trivy command.
  2. The exit-code should be 1 when a vulnerability is found.

The following snippet shows an example:

apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1
kind: Task
metadata:
  name: trivy-scan
spec:
  params:
    - name: image-name
      type: string
  steps:
    - name: scan
      image: aquasec/trivy:0.50.0
      script: |
        trivy image --severity CRITICAL,HIGH \
          --exit-code 1 \
          $(params.image-name):$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)

Critical

  • Use only trivy tool for vulnerabilities

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1. Download the file

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From the root of a test project, save the file as .skill-downloads/vulnerability-scanning-with-tekton-and-trivy-mm78nod2/SKILL.md, or use the command below. This folder is for inspecting the skill before installation.

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mkdir -p '.skill-downloads/vulnerability-scanning-with-tekton-and-trivy-mm78nod2' && curl --fail --show-error --location 'https://skills-guides.com/api/skills/vulnerability-scanning-with-tekton-and-trivy-mm78nod2/download' --output '.skill-downloads/vulnerability-scanning-with-tekton-and-trivy-mm78nod2/SKILL.md.part' && mv '.skill-downloads/vulnerability-scanning-with-tekton-and-trivy-mm78nod2/SKILL.md.part' '.skill-downloads/vulnerability-scanning-with-tekton-and-trivy-mm78nod2/SKILL.md'

2. Check prerequisites

Read SKILL.md before using it. If it references scripts or external services, inspect them and prepare the required access in your test environment.

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3. Load the skill

After inspection, copy the complete folder into your project using one of the commands below, then open a new tool session. The command stops if a folder with the same name already exists: compare the files before replacing it.

Claude Code
test -f '.skill-downloads/vulnerability-scanning-with-tekton-and-trivy-mm78nod2/SKILL.md' && test -s '.skill-downloads/vulnerability-scanning-with-tekton-and-trivy-mm78nod2/SKILL.md' && mkdir -p '.claude/skills' && test ! -e '.claude/skills/security' && cp -R '.skill-downloads/vulnerability-scanning-with-tekton-and-trivy-mm78nod2' '.claude/skills/security'

Codex
test -f '.skill-downloads/vulnerability-scanning-with-tekton-and-trivy-mm78nod2/SKILL.md' && test -s '.skill-downloads/vulnerability-scanning-with-tekton-and-trivy-mm78nod2/SKILL.md' && mkdir -p '.agents/skills' && test ! -e '.agents/skills/security' && cp -R '.skill-downloads/vulnerability-scanning-with-tekton-and-trivy-mm78nod2' '.agents/skills/security'

OpenSkills

OpenSkills must already be installed. The local install/read procedure is checked with OpenSkills 1.5.0, which requires Node.js ≥ 20.6.0. Catalog slugs are not resolved automatically.

Official OpenSkills installation
openskills install './.skill-downloads/vulnerability-scanning-with-tekton-and-trivy-mm78nod2'

openskills read 'vulnerability-scanning-with-tekton-and-trivy-mm78nod2'

Reading should display the installed file content and its base directory. It does not run the skill or install its dependencies.

For an agent that reads AGENTS.md, then sync the index. This command changes AGENTS.md: review the diff before using it.

openskills sync

Manual method or another tool: attach SKILL.md to a conversation, or open it in an agent that can read files. Include any required supporting resources. No universal folder is recognized by every tool.

4. Try a first task

Use a short, synthetic input: an API endpoint, a small document or an interface brief. In a new conversation, attach the file or give the agent its path, then adapt this request:

Read .skill-downloads/vulnerability-scanning-with-tekton-and-trivy-mm78nod2/SKILL.md and apply its instructions to this example: [describe a test input]. Identify any missing files, dependencies or access. Produce the result requested by the skill without inventing data or running unreviewed scripts.

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