Integrate Prowler with Vulnetix. Run security and compliance checks across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes using hundreds of built-in controls. Export findings in JSON-OCSF format for upload to Vulnetix.
Install & scan
$ # Recommended - run without global install uv run --python 3.12 --with prowler prowler --version # Install globally pip install prowler $ # AWS scan: JSON-OCSF output (recommended) uv run --python 3.12 --with prowler prowler aws -M json-ocsf -o ./prowler-output/ # AWS scan with compliance check uv run --python 3.12 --with prowler prowler aws --compliance cis_2.0_aws -M json-ocsf csv -o ./prowler-output/
Run Prowler in CI
Scan on every push and upload the report as a workflow artifact:
- name: Configure AWS credentials
uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
with:
role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::ACCOUNT:role/ProwlerAudit
aws-region: us-east-1
- name: Run Prowler
run: |
pip install prowler
prowler aws -M json-ocsf -o ./prowler-output/
- name: Upload to Vulnetix
run: vulnetix upload --file ./prowler-output/*.ocsf.json
How Vulnetix compares: better together
Vulnetix does not replace Prowler. Keep running it. Vulnetix sits on top of Prowler (and every other scanner you already own) turning disconnected tool outputs into one prioritised, fixable queue.
Prowler is strongest at its core category and also carries features in IaC & Cloud Configuration, Secret Scanning, Container & Image Scanning, Compliance & Policy Engines, just as Vulnetix spans categories.
| Capability | Vulnetix | Prowler |
|---|---|---|
| Security coverage | ||
| SAST (static code analysis) | ✓ Built-in rules + Semgrep augmentation | ✗ |
| SCA / dependencies | ✓ 40+ ecosystems, transitive graph | ✗ |
| DAST (dynamic testing) | ~ Ingests DAST results; no native dynamic engine | ✗ |
| Container & image | ✓ Image CVEs, base image, Dockerfile | ~ Container-relevant coverage via Kubernetes provider and Dockerfile IaC checks; not image-CVE composition scanning |
| IaC / misconfiguration | ✓ Terraform, k8s, CloudFormation | ✓ Dedicated Trivy-based IaC provider scans Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, Bicep, K8s, Dockerfiles, Helm, Ansible |
| Secret scanning | ✓ 1,000+ rules, source + binary + git history | ~ Secret detection within IaC/Dockerfile scanning via TruffleHog |
| Cloud / CSPM | ✓ Cloud-posture findings, compliance tab | ✓ Core CSPM across AWS/Azure/GCP/OCI/Alibaba/K8s/SaaS with hundreds of checks |
| Mobile (MAST) | ~ Ingests mobile scanner output; no native mobile engine | ✗ |
| License compliance | ✓ SPDX, copyleft/AGPL/SSPL policy | ✗ |
| SBOM generation | ✓ CycloneDX 1.7 + SPDX 2.3, cosign-signable | ✗ |
| 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 | ~ Per-check remediation guidance; not automated fix PRs |
| 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 Prowler does well
- The most widely adopted open-source CSPM: hundreds of ready-to-use checks spanning AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud, Alibaba, Kubernetes and SaaS platforms (GitHub, M365, Okta, Google Workspace)
- Extensive compliance framework coverage out of the box: CIS, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR and provider best practices
- Dedicated IaC provider (Trivy-based) scans Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, Bicep, Kubernetes, Dockerfiles, Helm and Ansible, with TruffleHog-powered secret detection
- Flexible delivery (CLI, Web UI and API) with per-check remediation guidance, free and open source under active community development
Where Vulnetix adds to it: Prowler is a best-in-class cloud/IaC posture scanner. Vulnetix ingests Prowler's CSPM findings and correlates them with application-layer signal (SAST, SCA transitive dependencies, container CVEs, malware/package-firewall) deduplicated into one prioritised queue with exploit intel, reachability, versioned VEX, SSVC and Safe Harbour autofix. Better together: Prowler runs the cloud checks, Vulnetix consolidates and prioritises them alongside the rest of the SDLC.
No migration, no rip-and-replace. Prowler keeps doing what it does best; Vulnetix adds the orchestration, exploit-intelligence prioritisation and remediation layer built for the way AppSec works today.
Centralise Prowler results in Vulnetix
Upload Prowler SARIF, JSON, CSV 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.