Integrate Retire.js with Vulnetix. Scan JavaScript projects for vulnerable library versions and export findings as JSON or CycloneDX for upload to Vulnetix.
Install & scan
$ npm install -g retire # or use without install: npx retire --help $ retire --outputformat json --outputpath retire-report.json --path .
Run Retire.js in CI
Scan on every push and upload the report as a workflow artifact:
- name: Install Retire.js run: npm install -g retire - name: Run Retire.js scan run: retire --outputformat json --outputpath retire-report.json --path . - name: Upload to Vulnetix run: vulnetix upload --file retire-report.json
How Vulnetix compares: better together
Vulnetix does not replace Retire.js. Keep running it. Vulnetix sits on top of Retire.js (and every other scanner you already own) turning disconnected tool outputs into one prioritised, fixable queue.
Retire.js is strongest at its core category and also carries features in SBOM Generation, just as Vulnetix spans categories.
| Capability | Vulnetix | Retire.js |
|---|---|---|
| Security coverage | ||
| SAST (static code analysis) | ✓ Built-in rules + Semgrep augmentation | ✗ |
| SCA / dependencies | ✓ 40+ ecosystems, transitive graph | ✓ Core: detects JavaScript/npm library versions with known CVEs from a curated JS vuln database |
| DAST (dynamic testing) | ~ Ingests DAST results; no native dynamic engine | ~ Browser/ZAP/Burp scanners identify vulnerable JS libraries loaded by a running site, not just source |
| 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 | ✗ |
| SBOM generation | ✓ CycloneDX 1.7 + SPDX 2.3, cosign-signable | ~ Can output a CycloneDX SBOM of discovered JS libraries |
| 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 Retire.js does well
- Purpose-built for the JavaScript ecosystem, with a curated database of vulnerable versions of popular front-end libraries (jQuery, Bootstrap, Angular, etc.) that generic scanners often miss
- Uniquely scans loaded/bundled and in-source JavaScript (not just package manifests) via Chrome extension, Burp plugin, OWASP ZAP add-on and a headless website scanner, catching client-side libraries in deployed apps
- Can emit a CycloneDX SBOM of the JavaScript libraries it discovers
- Simple CLI with configurable exit codes (default 13 on findings) makes CI gating straightforward
Where Vulnetix adds to it: Retire.js is a focused, well-loved JS-library vuln scanner, including the rare ability to catch libraries in deployed/bundled pages. Vulnetix does not replace that niche depth; it ingests Retire.js output and unifies it with SCA across 40+ ecosystems, then adds cross-scanner dedup, exploit-intel prioritisation (EPSS/KEV/ESS/LEV), reachability, versioned VEX and Safe Harbour autofix. Run Retire.js for client-side JS coverage; let Vulnetix orchestrate, prioritise and remediate the combined findings.
No migration, no rip-and-replace. Retire.js keeps doing what it does best; Vulnetix adds the orchestration, exploit-intelligence prioritisation and remediation layer built for the way AppSec works today.
Centralise Retire.js results in Vulnetix
Upload Retire.js JSON, 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.