An MSBuildTask that checks for known vulnerabilities. Inspired by OWASP SafeNuGet.

1. SafeNuGet hasn't seen a new commit in years and isn't able to keep up with vulnerable packages.
2. SafeNuGet doesn't have a license (at all).
3. A pure MSBuild task should not use dependencies and cannot get the desired results without them.

• Uses Multiple Sources to check for known vulnerabilities in third-party libraries (NuGet packages)
  • OSS Index
  • National Vulnerability Database (Optionally Self-Updating)
• Simple installation/configuration: the NuGet Package is all you need.
• Checks dependencies of installed packages based on the target framework.
• Allow breaking the build based on severity of vulnerability.
• Ignore specific vulnerabilities/packages.
• Blacklisting NuGet Packages
• Whitelisting NuGet Packages
• MIT Licensed

Currently NuGetDefense is built only in .Net Core 3.1 so you will need the runtime/SDK installed.

NuGetDefense is a bundled dotnet tool that runs using an MSBuild ExecTask after your project finishes building.

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