Integrate CycloneDX .NET with Vulnetix. Generate a CycloneDX SBOM from your .NET/C# NuGet project and upload to Vulnetix.
Install & scan
$ dotnet tool install --global CycloneDX $ dotnet-CycloneDX . -o . -json
Run CycloneDX .NET in CI
Scan on every push and upload the report as a workflow artifact:
- name: Setup .NET
uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
with:
dotnet-version: '8.0.x'
- name: Restore dependencies
run: dotnet restore
- name: Install CycloneDX .NET tool
run: dotnet tool install --global CycloneDX
- name: Generate SBOM
run: dotnet-CycloneDX . -o . -json
- name: Upload report
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
with:
name: cyclonedx-dotnet
path: bom.json
if-no-files-found: warnThen one publish job hands every artifact in the run to Vulnetix, recorded under CycloneDX .NET's own name and version. Written once per workflow, however many scanners you run:
publish:
name: Publish to Vulnetix
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
needs: [scan] # every scanner job, or its report is never published
if: always() # or one failing scanner suppresses all the others
permissions:
contents: read
actions: read # required to list the run's artifacts
env:
VULNETIX_ORG_ID: ${{ secrets.VULNETIX_ORG_ID }}
VULNETIX_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.VULNETIX_API_KEY }}
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v5
- name: Install Vulnetix CLI
run: |
curl -fsSL https://cli.vulnetix.com/install.sh | sh -s -- --install-dir "$HOME/.local/bin"
echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
- name: Publish scanner reports
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
run: vulnetix gha upload --org-id "$VULNETIX_ORG_ID" --jsonAfter the run, vulnetix gha status reports what was actually recorded.
How Vulnetix compares: better together
Vulnetix does not replace CycloneDX .NET. Keep running it. Vulnetix sits on top of CycloneDX .NET (and every other scanner you already own) turning disconnected tool outputs into one prioritised, fixable queue.
CycloneDX .NET is strongest at its core category and also carries features in License Compliance, SCA, just as Vulnetix spans categories.
| Capability | Vulnetix | CycloneDX .NET |
|---|---|---|
| Security coverage | ||
| SAST (static code analysis) | ✓ Built-in rules + Semgrep augmentation | ✗ |
| SCA / dependencies | ✓ 40+ ecosystems, transitive graph | ~ Enumerates transitive NuGet dependencies with hashes but does no vulnerability scanning itself |
| DAST (dynamic testing) | ~ Ingests DAST results; no native dynamic engine | ✗ |
| Container & image | ✓ Image CVEs, base image, Dockerfile | ✗ |
| IaC / misconfiguration | ✓ Terraform, k8s, CloudFormation | ✗ |
| Secret scanning | ✓ 1,000+ rules, source + binary + git history | ✗ |
| Cloud / CSPM | ✓ Cloud-posture findings, compliance tab | ✗ |
| Mobile (MAST) | ~ Ingests mobile scanner output; no native mobile engine | ✗ |
| License compliance | ✓ SPDX, copyleft/AGPL/SSPL policy | ~ Optional GitHub license resolution to SPDX IDs (auth required; master-branch refs only) |
| SBOM generation | ✓ CycloneDX 1.7 + SPDX 2.3, cosign-signable | ✓ Core: aggregate CycloneDX BOM of all NuGet project/solution dependencies, spec 1.0-1.7, JSON/XML |
| Malware / supply-chain | ✓ De-duplicated corpus + install-time firewall (25+ registries) | ✗ |
| Network / infra vuln | ~ Ingests network scanner output; no native network scanner | ✗ |
| Fuzzing | ✗ Ingests fuzzing crashes; no native fuzzer | ✗ |
| Pentest / bug bounty | ✗ Ingests pentest/bug-bounty findings; not a testing service | ✗ |
| The Vulnetix orchestration layer | ||
| Cross-scanner dedup & one queue (ASPM) | ✓ Correlates every scanner into one prioritised queue with ownership routing | ✗ |
| Exploit-intel prioritisation | ✓ EPSS, CISA KEV, Coalition ESS, CWSS, Vulnetix LEV | ✗ |
| Reachability analysis | ✓ Tree-sitter + CVEAffected; direct/transitive/semantic | ✗ |
| Versioned VEX + audit trail | ✓ Immutable OpenVEX/CycloneDX, cosign-signable | ✗ |
| Safe Harbour autofix | ✓ Resolves + applies the nearest safe version | ✗ |
| End-of-life policy | ✓ Flags/blocks past-EOL runtimes & packages | ✗ |
| SSVC / risk-based policy | ✓ SSVC v2 + CISA/FedRAMP/Essential-8 presets | ✗ |
✓ full · ~ partial · ✗ not covered
What CycloneDX .NET does well
- Official CycloneDX .NET global tool resolving NuGet dependencies across modern .NET (8/9/10), older .NET Core/.NET 5+ targets, and .NET Framework via packages.config, for single projects and multi-project solutions
- Broad CycloneDX spec coverage (1.0 through 1.7, default 1.7) in both JSON and XML, with configurable dependency hash computation and test/dev-dependency exclusion
- Optional GitHub-backed SPDX license enrichment resolving licenses from repository references when authenticated
Where Vulnetix adds to it: Vulnetix ingests cyclonedx-dotnet output (or generates its own CycloneDX 1.7 + SPDX 2.3 for .NET) and adds the layer this tool omits: cross-scanner dedup, exploit-intel prioritisation (EPSS/KEV/ESS/CWSS/LEV), reachability, immutable versioned VEX + audit, EOL and SSVC policy, and Safe Harbour autofix PRs. Better together: the official tool provides trusted NuGet inventory, Vulnetix does the risk triage on top - it does not replace the generator.
No migration, no rip-and-replace. CycloneDX .NET keeps doing what it does best; Vulnetix adds the orchestration, exploit-intelligence prioritisation and remediation layer built for the way AppSec works today.
Centralise CycloneDX .NET results in Vulnetix
Upload CycloneDX .NET CycloneDX output to the Vulnetix platform to deduplicate findings, prioritise them with EPSS, CISA KEV and Coalition ESS exploit intelligence, and track remediation across every scanner in a single queue.