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Supported Languages and Package Managers

How SCA Works

Checkmarx SCA uses the following methods to identify the 3rd party packages in your project:

  1. File Analysis – Checkmarx SCA identifies all files in your project that may be part of a 3rd party package, and analyzes them in order to determine which packages are being used. This is done by comparing the hashes and metadata of the relevant files (e.g., .jar files for Java, .js files for JS) in the scanned project with the hashes and metadata of packages that are catalogued in our database. As part of this process, compressed files of supported types (.jar, .war, .ear, .zip) are extracted so that the files can be analyzed. This is applied recursively up to four levels of depth.

    File Analysis is done for the supported languages/frameworks listed below, using the corresponding file types specified in the table.

  2. Dependency Resolution - Checkmarx SCA uses package managers to resolve the dependencies against customer-defined or public repositories and extract the dependency trees.

    Dependency Resolution is done using the supported package managers listed below and the corresponding manifest files specified in the table.

Supported Languages and Package Managers

Notice

If you are using Checkmarx SCA Resolver, then you need to install the relevant package managers locally. For installation info, see Installing Supported Package Managers for Resolver.

Java

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JVM Languages: Java, Kotlin, Android, Groovy, Scala

Additional Frameworks: Struts, Spring

Repository: Maven Central, Sonatype, Apache

File Types: .jar

Supported Package Managers

Exploitable Path

Supply Chain Security (SCS)

Manifest Files (Packages marked with (blue star) are required)

Maven

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pom.xml

Gradle

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build.gradle , build.gradle.kts

Ivy

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none

SBT

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build.sbt

JavaScript/TypeScript

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Languages/Frameworks: JavaScript, TypeScript, NodeJS, React, Angular, Apex

Tip

Apex is only supported when running the scan using Checkmarx SCA Resolver with the --extract-archives resource argument, see Checkmarx SCA Resolver Configuration Arguments.

Repository: NPM

File Types: .js

Supported Package Managers

Exploitable Path

Supply Chain Security (SCS)

Manifest Files (Packages marked with (blue star) are required)

NPM

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package.json(blue star) , package-lock.json1]

Yarn (and Yarn 2)

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package.json(blue star) , yarn.lock(blue star)1]

Bower

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bower.json

1] When a lock file is present in the project, SCA relies on the package manager to obtain the dependencies. Therefore, it is important to ensure that your lock file is kept up-to-date with any changes that have been made in the manifest file.

.NET

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Languages/Frameworks: C#, F#, .NET, .NET Core, WCF, WPF, ASP.NET, C++

Repository: NuGet

File Types: .dll

Supported Package Managers

Exploitable Path

Supply Chain Security (SCS)

Manifest Files (Packages marked with (blue star) are required)

NuGet

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*.csproj , packages.config

Python

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Languages/Frameworks: Python, Django, Flask

Repository: PyPi

File Types: none

Supported Package Managers

Exploitable Path

Supply Chain Security (SCS)

Manifest Files (Packages marked with (blue star) are required)

PIP

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requirements.txt, requirements-*.txt, requirement.txt, requirement-*.txt

Setup.py

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Poetry

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pyproject.toml(blue star), poetry.lock

Setup.cfg

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PHP

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Languages/Frameworks: PHP, Dupal

Repository: Packagist

File Types: none

Supported Package Managers

Exploitable Path

Supply Chain Security (SCS)

Manifest Files (Packages marked with (blue star) are required)

Composer

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composer.json(blue star) , composer.lock

iOS

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Languages/Frameworks: Swift, Objective c

Repository: GitHub

File Types: none

Supported Package Managers

Exploitable Path

Supply Chain Security (SCS)

Manifest Files (Packages marked with (blue star) are required)

SwiftPm

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Package.swift, Package.resolved

CocoaPods

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Podfile(blue star), Podfile.lock

Carthage

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Cartfile(blue star), Cartfile.private, Cartfile.resolved

Tip

At least one .private or .resolved file must be included.

Go

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Languages/Frameworks: Go

Repository: Golang

File Types: none

Supported Package Managers

Exploitable Path

Supply Chain Security (SCS)

Manifest Files (Packages marked with (blue star) are required)

GoModules

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go.mod(blue star), go.sum

Ruby

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Languages/Frameworks: Ruby

Repository: RubyGems

File Types: none

Supported Package Managers

Exploitable Path

Supply Chain Security (SCS)

Manifest Files (Packages marked with (blue star) are required)

RubyGems

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Gemfile(blue star), Gemfile.lock

Bundler

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C++

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Languages/Frameworks: C, C++

Repository: GitHub, Conan, Central

File Types: .cpp, .c, .h, .hpp, .a, .o, .so

Tip

C++ is supported only for File Analysis (fingerprints), not for package resolution.

Supported Package Managers

Exploitable Path

Supply Chain Security (SCS)

Manifest Files (Packages marked with (blue star) are required)

none

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none

Unity

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Languages/Frameworks: Unity

Repository:Unity Technologies, Needle-mirror, Open UPM

File Types: none

Supported Package Managers

Exploitable Path

Supply Chain Security (SCS)

Manifest Files (Packages marked with (blue star) are required)

none

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manifest.json(blue star), packages.json(blue star)

Container Scans

Checkmarx SCA is capable of scanning Dockerfiles and container images as long as they are hosted in supported registries and they are used in supported ecosystems.

For more info about container scans, see Container Scans.

Supported Registries

Container scans run via SCA Resolver support scanning of images from any registry for which you can run the docker pull command, e.g., DockerHub, Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR), Google Container Registry (GCR), Quay, JFrog Container Registry (JCR) etc.

Supported Ecosystems

  • Debian (dpkg)

  • Alpine (apk)

  • C (conan)

  • C++ (conan)

  • Dotnet (deps.json)

  • Go (go.mod, Go binaries)

  • Java (jar, ear, war, par, sar, native-image)

  • JavaScript (npm, yarn)

  • PHP (composer)

  • Python (wheel, egg, poetry, requirements.txt)

  • Red Hat (rpm)

  • Ruby (gem)dpkg

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