200-901 Application Deployment and Security Practice Question
A CI/CD pipeline has a stage that runs security vulnerability scans on dependencies. Which tool is specifically designed to scan Python packages for known vulnerabilities?
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pip audit
pip audit checks Python packages for vulnerabilities. npm audit is for Node.js, Snyk is a third-party tool, Dependabot automates dependency updates.
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pip audit
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pip audit scans Python packages for vulnerabilities.
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Snyk
Why it's wrong here
Snyk is a third-party tool, but not Python-specific.
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Dependabot
Why it's wrong here
Dependabot automates updates, not scanning.
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npm audit
Why it's wrong here
npm audit is for Node.js packages.
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