Debricked CLI

Learn all about our Command Line Interface, which enables you to run vulnerability scans on your local machine and integrate Debricked into your pipeline.

Introduction

The Debricked CLI is Debricked's command line interface, bringing open-source security, and license compliance to your project via the command prompt.

The Debricked CLI is currently available for: Windows, Linux, and macOS operating systems. It might work on other operating systems but has not been thoroughly tested yet. Supported languages: Javascript, Java, C#, Ruby, PHP, and more.

Supported package managers: Yarn, Npm, Bowel, Bazel, Gradle, and more.

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1. Getting started

To use the Debricked CLI, you must have a Debricked account, create an access token and install the CLI.

The CLI can be run:

• locally in your terminal as an interactive shell

• in your CI/CD pipeline

• through docker

1.1 Authentication

To create an access token, log in to Debricked and follow the steps to generate an access token. Make sure to keep the access token in a safe place for later use.

2. Installation

The CLI can be installed and used through:

1. Local installations: - Standalone - Installation using Go

2. Adding the CLI into your CI/CD pipeline

3. Using a docker image

If you run into any issues during the installation process, feel free to contact us.

2.1 Local installation

2.1.1 Standalone:

Find the latest GitHub releases to download a standalone executable here.\

Command example for Linux:

curl -L https://github.com/debricked/cli/releases/latest/download/cli_linux_x86_64.tar.gz | tar -xz debricked

Command example for Windows:

curl -L https://github.com/debricked/cli/releases/latest/download/cli_windows_x86_64.tar.gz | tar -xz debricked.exe

Command example for MacOS:

curl -L https://github.com/debricked/cli/releases/latest/download/cli_macOS_arm64.tar.gz | tar -xz debricked

2.1.2 Installation using Go

Requirements:

Local compilation of Debricked CLI requires Go to be installed on your system. In order to check whether you already have the compiler installed on your device, run the command ‘go version’ on your terminal. If there is no command available, install the Go compiler.

Installation:

1. Install Go on your operating system following the official documentation

2. Clone the CLI repository to your local directory: https://github.com/debricked/cli

2.2 Adding the CLI to your CI/CD pipeline

The CLI can be integrated into your continuous integration (CI) to run scans on the pipeline. You can integrate using:

• Docker image

• Binary standalone

2.2.1 Using the docker debricked/cli image

1. Log in to debricked.com/app and follow the steps to generate an access token.

2. Set your access token, named DEBRICKED_TOKEN, as an environment variable within your continuous integration (CI). If you don’t know how to configure your environment variable, check our documentation for the most common CI integrations.

3. Configure a new job in your CI pipeline::

• debricked/cli:2-resolution-debian docker image

• Run debricked scan

• Add the DEBRICKED_TOKEN as a variable or (if possible) as a secret

See the example below for the GitHub actions integration (see the debricked.yml file):

https://github.com/debricked/cli/blob/main/examples/templates/GitHub/debricked.yml

name: Debricked scan

on: [push]

jobs:
  vulnerabilities-scan:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: debricked/actions@v4
        env:
          DEBRICKED_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DEBRICKED_TOKEN }}

For more details, please check our sample templates for the integration of your choice.

2.2.2 Using the Standalone

1. Log in to debricked.com/app and follow the steps to generate an access token.

2. Set your access token, named DEBRICKED_TOKEN, as an environment variable within your continuous integration (CI). If you don’t know how to configure your environment variable, visit our documentation for the most common CI integrations.

3. Configure a new job in your CI pipeline::

• Run:

  curl -L https://github.com/debricked/cli/releases/latest/download/cli_linux_x86_64.tar.gz | tar -xz debricked

  to use the executable Debricked CLI.

• Run debricked scan.

Here’s an example of the Circle CI integration: circleci/config.yml file. For more examples check out: https://github.com/debricked/cli/tree/main/examples/templates

jobs:
  build:
    docker:
      # specify the version here
      - image: cimg/go:1.17

    steps:
      - checkout
      - run: |
          printf "$(go mod graph)\n\n$(go list -mod=readonly -e -m all)" > .debricked-go-dependencies.txt
      # It is important that the generated dependency tree files are persisted and attached to the following scan step
      - persist_to_workspace:
          root: ~/repo
          paths:
            - '**.debricked-go-dependencies.txt'
            # Make sure to add all generated .debricked-go-dependencies.txt files

  scan:
    docker:
      - image: cimg/go:1.17
    working_directory: ~/repo
    steps:
      - checkout
      - run: curl -L https://github.com/debricked/cli/releases/latest/download/cli_linux_x86_64.tar.gz | tar -xz debricked
      - run: ./debricked scan

workflows:
  debricked-scan:
    jobs:
      - build
      - scan:
          requires:
            - build

3. Testing your installation

To confirm whether the installation was successful, run the command ‘./debricked --help’. If you can see the menu as seen below, you are ready to scan your first project!

4. Scan your first project

Once you've installed the CLI, you're ready to scan your project. You can scan a local project allocated on your local machine or a project in a remote repository via a CI integration, follow the instructions below to perform your first scan:

1. Run debricked scan --help to see the main menu and check if the CLI is running

2. Scan your project locally using the command: debricked scan [path] [options]

The path is the folder that contains your project's dependency file. See this practical example, scanning a local project:

debricked scan ~/Desktop/myproject/EasyApp --access-token “<token>”

The path is the ~/Desktop/myproject/EasyApp and the options included are the access-token (required). Since EasyApp is a git repository, no other flags are needed for the scan.

Include some [option]s within your scan:

debricked scan ~/Desktop/myproject/EasyApp --access-token “<token>” --commit "044bdc7c22e46be010969e9360dbe679830100f1" --branch "dev"  --exclusion "**/test/**"

The commit --commit specifies the hash commit, and the branch with the command --branch. Note that --commit and --branch are only required when the target path does not contain a git repository.

Another option is to change the directory to a folder that contains your project's dependency file. So you can use "." For example

debricked scan . --access-token <token>

After the scan is complete, you will see the total number of vulnerabilities found and a list of automation rules that have been evaluated. See the picture below:

You can log in to the Debricked web tool to see the scan results, by following the link with all the details.

5. List of Commands

These are the main commands for the Debricked CLI:

Command	Description
help	Display options.
scan [path] [access-token] [flags]	Upload and check your dependency files for vulnerabilities.
resolve [path] [flags]	Resolve manifest files.
files find [path] [access-token] [flags]	Search and print the dependency files.
report [command] [access-token] [flags]	Generate a report and send it by email.
callgraph [path] [flags]	Generate a static callgraph for a project.
fingerprint [[path] [flags]]	Fingerprint files.

help

• debricked [command] --help

Type debricked –-help to display the main menu.

To display the options on any command just execute the [command], followed by the --help option. For example, type debricked scan -–help to list the options for the scan command.

scan

• debricked scan [path] [flags]

• debricked scan –-help to see all the options.

The scan command uploads and check your dependency files for open-source vulnerabilities and license compliance.

Path:

• Use the path argument to specify which directory the dependency file is in, or to exclude it. For example: debricked scan ~/Desktop/Coder-2022/Eccomerce2/ -t <token>.

• Use the path to specify where the dependency file is allocated, you can use "." to search the current working directory. For instance: debricked files find . -t <token> or debricked files find ~/Desktop/Coder-2022/Eccomerce2/ -t <token>

Flags

-t --access-token Required

Use this parameter to authenticate. Run -t, or --access-token and enter your access token created in the authentication. Example: --access-token <token>

-e, --exclusions Optional

Use this command to exclude files or folders you don't want to be scanned for some reason. The following terms are supported to exclude paths:

• "*": matches any sequence of non-Separator characters.

• "/**/": matches zero or multiple directories.

• "?": matches any single non-Separator character.

• "[class]": matches any single non-Separator character against a class of characters

• "{alt1,...}": matches a sequence of characters if one of the comma-separated alternatives matches.

Examples: -e "*/**.lock", -e "**/node_modules/**", -e "*/**.exe, -e "**/node_modules/** You can use this command to ignore multiple terms. For example: debricked files find . -e "**/node_modules/**" -e "**/package-lock.json"

Default: in case you don’t provide this parameter will be set by default to ignore the “node_modules”, "vendor", and “.git”

-b, --branch Optional

Use this parameter to specify the branch to analyze in your project. For example: -–branch main

Default: if you don’t provide this parameter will be set by default to scan all the branches.

-c, --commit Optional

Use this parameter to specify the commit to analyze in your project. Type -–commit followed by the hash commit. Example: --commit 2609d8385125ddd2d7aa4cfb5be8fcd392e3280a.

Default: if you don’t provide this parameter, Debricked will scan the last commit.

-i, --integration Optional

Use this parameter to specify the name of the integration used to trigger the scan. For example --integration “GitHub Actions”

Default: if you don’t provide this parameter, it will be set to “CLI” by default

-p, --pass-on-timeout Optional

Use this parameter to pass scans if there is a service access timeout

-r, --repository Optional

Use this parameter to specify the name of the repository to analyze. For example: --repository EasyApp

-u, --repository-url Optional

Use this parameter to specify the URL address of the repository to analyze. For example:--repository-url https://github.com/nordisk/myrepository

--no-resolve Optional

When scanning, the High Performance resolution is enabled by default. Use this parameter to disabled it if needed. See here for more details about the High Performance Scan.

More examples:

In this example, we analyze all the dependencies files in our current directory. The “.” starts the scanning in the current working directory.

debricked scan . -t "<token>"

In this example, we are going to scan a project called “EasyApp” in the local directory “~/Desktop/myproject/EasyApp”:

Debricked scan ~/Desktop/myproject/EasyApp --access-token "<token>" --commit "044bdc7c22e46be010969e9360dbe679830100f1" --branch "dev"  --exclusion "**/node_modules/**"

resolve

• debricked resolve [path] [flags]

• debricked resolve –help to see all the options.

The resolve command resolves manifest files to lock files. See here for more details about the High Performance Scan.

Path:

• Use the path argument to specify what manifest file to resolve or what directory to resolve manifest files in. For example: debricked resolve ~/Desktop/Coder-2022/Eccomerce2/ -t <token> or debricked resolve ~/Desktop/Coder-2022/Eccomerce2/pom.xml -t <token>.

Flags:

-t --access-token Optional

Use this parameter to authenticate to enable a higher rate limit. Run -t, or --access-token and enter your access token created in the authentication. Example: --access-token <token>

-e, --exclusions Optional

Use this command to exclude files or folders you don't want to be scanned for some reason. The following terms are supported to exclude paths:

• "*": matches any sequence of non-Separator characters.

• "/**/": matches zero or multiple directories.

• "?": matches any single non-Separator character.

• "[class]": matches any single non-Separator character against a class of characters

• "{alt1,...}": matches a sequence of characters if one of the comma-separated alternatives matches.

Examples: -e "*/**.lock", -e "**/node_modules/**", -e "*\**.exe, -e "**\node_modules\** You can use this command to ignore multiple terms. For example: debricked files find . -e "**/node_modules/**" -e "**/package-lock.json"

Default: in case you don’t provide this parameter will be set by default to ignore the “node_modules”, "vendor", and “.git”.

--verbose Optional Use the this flag to toggle verbosity in error output for resolution, this mainly applies to the error output provided from the package managers which the Debricked CLI calls (i.e "external" errors) when resolving. For example --verbose=false to get less verbose error messaging.

Default: If you don’t provide this parameter, it will be set to “true” by default.

--resolution-strictness int Optional Use the this flag to configure exit codes for resolution, depending on the success of the command: - 0 (default) - Always exit with code 0, even if any or all files failed to resolve - 1 - Exit with code 1 if all files failed to resolve, otherwise exit with code 0 - 2 - Exit with code 1 if any file failed to resolve, otherwise exit with code 0 - 3 - Exit with code 1 if all files failed to resolve, if any but not all files failed to resolve exit with code 3, otherwise exit with code 0

--regenerate int Optional Use the this flag to toggle regeneration of already existing lock files between 3 modes. This is useful for when you use the resolve command to generate lock files permanently in your project and would like to ensure that they are kept up to date before every scan. - 0 (default) - No regeneration - 1 - Regenerates existing non package manager native Debricked lock files - 2 - Regenerates all existing lock files

--prefer-npm Optional This flag allows you to use npm instead of yarn (which is default) when resolving package.json files without lock files.

files find

• debricked files find [path] [flags]

• debricked files find –-help to see all the options.

Use this command to search all the dependencies files in your project.

Path:

• Use the path argument to specify which directory the dependency file is in, or to exclude it. For example: debricked files find ~/Desktop/Coder-2022/Eccomerce2/ -t <token>.

• Use the path to specify where the dependency file is allocated, you can use "." to search the current working directory. For instance: debricked files find . -t <token> or debricked files find ~/Desktop/Coder-2022/Eccomerce2/ -t <token>.

Note: If the path is inside a git repository, all the necessary flags branch, commit, etc) will be set for you automatically.

Flags:

-l, --lockfile Optional

Use this parameter to find only the lock files in your project.

-j, --json Optional

Use this parameter to print the file from the path in JSON format. Here’s an example, where we look for all the dependency files in the folder “project7” and print them in JSON format.

debricked files find  ~/Desktop/project7 -t <token> -e "**/node_modules/**" --json

Output:

[
  {
    "manifestFile": "go.mod",
    "lockFiles": [
      ".gomod.debricked.lock"
    ]
  }
]

-s, --strict int

Allows controlling which files are matched:

- 0 (default) - returns all matched manifest and lock files regardless if they're paired or not

- 1 - returns only lock files and pairs of manifest and lock-file

- 2 - returns only pairs of manifest and lock-file\

workspaces:

Since release v2.0.7 files find support workspaces for npm and yarn. Nothing additional is needed to make workspaces work, but in addition to the official format we also support nesting the workspace patterns under a packages key. Examples:

{
  "workspaces": [
    "package/*"
  ]
}

{
  "workspaces": {
    "packages": [
      "package/*"
    ]
  }
}

For specific documentation on using workspaces with npm see the npm workspace documentation, and for yarn see the yarn workspace documentation.

report

report license

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Example**:**

debricked report license -t "<token>" --commit 044bdc7c22e46be010969e9360dbe679830100f1 --email [e-mail]

Flags

-t --access-token Required

Use this parameter to authenticate. -t, or --access-token and enter your access token created in the authentication. For example: --access-token <token>

-c, --commit Required

Use this parameter to specify the hash commit of the repository to analyze. For example: --commit 2609d8385125ddd2d7aa4cfb5be8fcd392e3280a

-e, --email Required

Use this parameter to set the email address to which the report will be sent to. For example: --email [e-mail]

report vulnerability

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Example generating a Vulnerability report**:**

debricked report vulnerability-t "<token>" --commit 044bdc7c22e46be010969e9360dbe679830100f1 --email [e-mail]

Flags:

-e, --email Required

Use this parameter to set the email address to which the report will be sent to. For example: --email [e-mail]

callgraph

• debricked callgraph [[path] [flags]]

• debricked callgraph –help to see all the options.

The callgraph command generates a static callgraph for a project. Execute command in project directory or specify project path.

Path:

• Use the path argument to specify the project path. If nothing is provided, the current working directory will be used.

Flags:

• e, --exclusions Optional

  • Specify which files or paths you don't want to include in the callgraph. The following terms are supported to exclude paths:

    Term	Meaning
    *	matches any sequence of non-Separator characters
    /**/	matches zero or multiple directories
    ?	matches any single non-Separator character
    [class]	matches any single non-Separator character against a class of characters ([see "character classes"])
    {alt1,...}	matches a sequence of characters if one of the comma-separated alternatives matches

  Examples: -e "**/target/test-classes/**", -e "*\\test.class"

  You can use this command to ignore multiple terms. For example: debricked callgraph -e "**/target/test-classes/**" -e "*\\test.class"

• --no-build Optional

  • Do not automatically build all source code in the project. This option requires a pre-built project/available .class files.

• --generate-timeout Optional

  • Sets a timeout (in seconds) on the call graph generation.

  • Default: If you don’t provide this parameter, it will be set by default to 3600 (1 hour).

Command details:

The command can be divided into three main steps:

1. Build project

   • build project based on the root pom.xml. If no root pom.xml is found, all pom.xml files will be built individually.

   $ mvn package -q -DskipTests -e

   • a successful build will generate the necessary .class files

2. Copy external dependency files to .debrickedTmpFolder in the root pom.xml directory

   $ mvn q -B dependency:copy-dependencies -DoutputDirectory=/path/to/root/.debrickedTmpFolder -DskipTests -e

3. Generate call graph

   • Uses a built version of the Debricked vulnerable functionality project to identify all .class files and map those to the root pom.xml, using the same path as .debrickedTmpFolder

     $ java -jar path/to/built/file/java/common/target/SootWrapper.jar -u path/to/root/target/classes/ -l /path/to/root/.debrickedTmpFolder  -f .debricked-call-graph

   • The generated call graph output is stored in the base64 encoded zip file .debricked-call-graph

The callgraph command requires at least java11. If your project cannot be built with java11, we would recommend you to build your project in your environment before running the command and use --no-build flag when generating the call graph.

Common errors:

• Build failures

  • These are likely due to local configurations. If the build step fails, it is recommended to build your project as usual in your environment and skip step 1 above, i.e. just copy external dependencies to .debrickedTmpFolder and run debricked callgraph --no-build on your built project. Make sure all .class files are available.

• Callgraph failures

  • out of memory

  • cp dependencies

    * Critical:
    	|Command 'mvn -q -B dependency:copy-dependencies -DoutputDirectory=/path/to/root/.debrickedTmpFolder -DskipTests' executed in folder '/path/to/root/' gave the following error: 
    	|[ERROR] Failed to execute goal on project <project-name>: Could not resolve dependencies <deps>

  • mapping dependencies

    * Critical:
    	|Command 'java -jar path/to/built/file/java/common/target/SootWrapper.jar -u path/to/root/target/classes/ -l /path/to/root/.debrickedTmpFolder  -f .debricked-call-graph' executed in folder '/path/to/root' gave the following error: 
    	|
    	|Running SootWrapper version 5.0
    	|SLF4J: Failed to load class "org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder".
    	|SLF4J: Defaulting to no-operation (NOP) logger implementation
    	|SLF4J: See <http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder> for further details.
    	|Error: Found no entry points. Do path(s) to user code contain compiled user code?

    If you see the error above, make sure all .class files are available in the right path and that all external dependencies have been copied to .debrickedTmpFolder

fingerprint

• debricked fingerprint [[path] [flags]]

• debricked fingerprint –help to see all the options.

Fingerprint files for identification in a given path and write it to debricked.fingerprints.txt. This hashes all files to be used for matching against the Debricked knowledge base.

Path:

• Use the path argument to specify the project path. If nothing is provided, the current working directory will be used.

Flags:

• e, --exclusions Optional

  Specify which files or paths you don't want to include when fingerprinting. The following terms are supported to exclude paths:

  Term	Meaning
  *	matches any sequence of non-Separator characters
  /**/	matches zero or multiple directories
  ?	matches any single non-Separator character
  [class]	matches any single non-Separator character against a class of characters ([see "character classes"])
  {alt1,...}	matches a sequence of characters if one of the comma-separated alternatives matches

  Examples: -e "/.pyc", -e "*\\\\test.class", -e "**/target/test-classes/**"

  You can use this command to ignore multiple terms. For example: debricked fingerprint -e "/node_modules/" -e "/.egg-info/" -e "/*venv/**"

  By default, the following are ignored: /nbproject/,/nbbuild/,/nbdist/,/node_modules/,/pycache/,/_yardoc/,/eggs/,/wheels/,/htmlcov/,/pypackages/,/.egg-info/,/venv/*

• -fingerprint-compressed-content Optional

  Fingerprint the contents of compressed files by unpacking them in memory, Supported files: [.jar .nupkg .war] default: false

6. Troubleshooting and Error Messages

Below you can find the list of some of the most common error messages. If the problem persists and you can’t solve it for yourself or have additional questions feel free to reach contact our support team.

⨯ Unauthorized. Specify access-token. 
Read more at https://debricked.com/docs/administration/access-tokens.html

This error message appears when the access-token is missing or if you provide an invalid access token. For more information, see the `-t -- access-token` command.

Error: required flag(s) "email" not set

This error message appears when you run the `debricked report vulnerability/license` command without a valid email address. To resolve this, use the `--email, -e` [options] to set an email the report should be sent to. For example: `debricked report license -t “<token>” –email ”[e-mail]”`

Error: ⨯ No commit was found with the name

This error message appears when you run the `debricked report vulnerability/license` command but the CLI can’t find the commit. To resolve this, use the `--commit, -c` [options] to provide a commit hash.

For example: `debricked report license -t “<token>” –email ”[e-mail]” –commit 044bdc7c22e46be010969e9360dbe679830100f1`

Error: required flag(s) "commit" not set

This error message appears when you run the `debricked report vulnerability/license` command without any commits. To resolve this, use the `--commit, -c` [options] to provide a commit hash.

For example: `debricked report license -t “<token>” –email ”[e-mail]” –commit 044bdc7c22e46be010969e9360dbe679830100f1`

Error: invalid directory path specified: "~/Desktop/../../EasyApp"

This error message appears when the scan can't find any valid directory in the path. To resolve it, check if the path provided is correct.

Error: ⨯ failed to find repository name

This error message appears when we can't fetch the repository name. To fix this, set a name for the repository, using the -r flag.

6.1 Getting support

If you need help, contact us via our live chat, open Monday-Friday 9 am-5 pm CET, or email [e-mail].

Uninstallation

The only thing that is needed to uninstall is to remove the binary - the file called debricked or debricked.exe depending on your operating system.

6.2 Create an issue or report a bug

Before creating an issue or reporting a bug, make sure to contact support and discuss the issue or feedback with us first.

If you want to create an issue or report a bug you can do it directly by submitting an issue via GitHub.

6.3 Upgrading from version 1.X.X to version 2.0.0

The 2.0.0 release contains some breaking changes, documented below:

https://github.com/debricked/cli/blob/main/UPGRADE-2.0.md

# Upgrade from 1.X.X to 2.0.0

## Changed behaviours
- Changes default strictness of resolve command to 1 (Exit with code 1 if all files failed to resolve, otherwise exit with code 0 instead of always exiting with code 0)
- File Fingerprint analysis is on by default for all repositories which starts with the letters "A-C" (starting from v2.1.4 it is default for all repos). This range will be increased in future minor/patch releases.
- Added inclusion option to commands to force include patterns which are by default ignored by the CLI
- Refactored how exclusion works for fingerprinting to align it with the rest of the CLI, this includes a breaking change for windows where Unix path separators must be used in patterns.

## Runtime upgrades

- Base Docker images have been upgraded from Go 1.21 to 1.22
- In Docker resolution images, the following runtimes have been updated:
   - Upgrade Java from OpenJDK 11 to 21
   - Upgrade Maven from 3.9.2 to 3.9.6
   - Upgrade Gradle from 8.1.1 to 8.7
   - Upgrade Node from 18 to 21
   - Upgrade dotnet from 7.0 to 8.0
   - Upgrade Go from 1.21 to 1.22
   - Upgrade PHP from 8.2 to 8.3
- Debian Docker images have been upgraded from Bullseye (11) to Bookworm (12)

6.4 Contributors

If you'd like to contribute directly to the project, check out our guide. Keep in mind that it might take us some time to answer your questions. For a better experience, we recommend joining our Portal community, where you can learn more about Debricked, improve the way you use open source, and help others.

Feel free to reach out to any of the maintainers or other community members if you have any questions.