⚠️ AUTHORIZED USE ONLY This skill is for educational purposes or authorized security assessments only. You must have explicit, written permission from the system owner before using this tool. Misuse of this tool is illegal and strictly prohibited.

Mandatory confirmation gate Before running any command that probes, exploits, changes, persists on, extracts data from, or attempts credential access against a target:

1. Ask the user to state the exact target URL, IP, account, or resource.
2. Ask the user to confirm written authorization and the permitted scope.
3. Show the exact command(s) and explain their expected effect.
4. Wait for explicit confirmation in the current conversation.

Without that confirmation, remain read-only and provide defensive guidance only. Prefer a sandbox, disposable VM, or controlled lab.

Vulnerability Scanning

Identify and prioritize security vulnerabilities across infrastructure and applications.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:

• Performing security assessments
• Implementing vulnerability management programs
• Meeting compliance requirements
• Triaging and prioritizing remediation
• Scanning infrastructure for known CVEs

Prerequisites

• Access to scanning tools
• Network access to targets
• Appropriate authorization

Vulnerability Scanning Tools

OpenVAS Setup

Docker Deployment

# Run OpenVAS container
docker run -d --name openvas \
  -p 443:443 \
  -v openvas-data:/data \
  greenbone/openvas-scanner

# Access web UI at https://localhost
# Default credentials: admin/admin

Scanning Commands

# Create target
omp -u admin -w admin --xml='<create_target>
  <name>Web Servers</name>
  <hosts>192.168.1.0/24</hosts>
</create_target>'

# Create task
omp -u admin -w admin --xml='<create_task>
  <name>Weekly Scan</name>
  <target id="target-uuid"/>
  <config id="daba56c8-73ec-11df-a475-002264764cea"/>
</create_task>'

# Start task
omp -u admin -w admin --xml='<start_task task_id="task-uuid"/>'

# Get results
omp -u admin -w admin --xml='<get_results task_id="task-uuid"/>'

Nessus

API Usage

import requests

class NessusScanner:
    def __init__(self, url, access_key, secret_key):
        self.url = url
        self.headers = {
            'X-ApiKeys': f'accessKey={access_key}; secretKey={secret_key}',
            'Content-Type': 'application/json'
        }
    
    def create_scan(self, name, targets, template='basic'):
        """Create a new scan."""
        templates = self.get('/editor/scan/templates')
        template_uuid = next(
            t['uuid'] for t in templates['templates'] 
            if t['name'] == template
        )
        
        payload = {
            'uuid': template_uuid,
            'settings': {
                'name': name,
                'text_targets': targets,
                'enabled': True
            }
        }
        return self.post('/scans', payload)
    
    def launch_scan(self, scan_id):
        """Start a scan."""
        return self.post(f'/scans/{scan_id}/launch')
    
    def get_results(self, scan_id):
        """Get scan results."""
        return self.get(f'/scans/{scan_id}')
    
    def export_report(self, scan_id, format='pdf'):
        """Export scan report."""
        payload = {'format': format}
        response = self.post(f'/scans/{scan_id}/export', payload)
        file_id = response['file']
        
        # Wait for export
        while True:
            status = self.get(f'/scans/{scan_id}/export/{file_id}/status')
            if status['status'] == 'ready':
                break
            time.sleep(5)
        
        return self.get(f'/scans/{scan_id}/export/{file_id}/download')
    
    def get(self, path):
        response = requests.get(f'{self.url}{path}', headers=self.headers, verify=False)
        return response.json()
    
    def post(self, path, data=None):
        response = requests.post(f'{self.url}{path}', json=data, headers=self.headers, verify=False)
        return response.json()

# Usage
scanner = NessusScanner('https://nessus:8834', 'access-key', 'secret-key')

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