--- title: Install OSV-Scanner on CentOS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of OSV-Scanner for on CentOS - Vulnerability scanner for project's dependencies url: https://snapcraft.io/install/osv-scanner/centos --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install OSV-Scanner on **CentOS** # OSV-Scanner [George-Andrei Iosif (iosifache)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/iosifache "View all snaps from George-Andrei Iosif (iosifache)") * [George-Andrei Iosif (iosifache)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/iosifache "View all snaps from George-Andrei Iosif (iosifache)") * [Development](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=development) * [Security](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=security) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/osv-scanner/centos#install) #### Vulnerability scanner for project's dependencies OSV-Scanner is a vulnerability scanner that examines your project's list of dependencies and reports any vulnerabilities that affect the versions you're using. As of December 2023, it supports lockfiles from C, C++, Dart, Elixir, Go, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, R, Ruby, and Rust. It also supports custom lockfiles: simply write some glue code to convert your lockfile into an intermediary JSON file with a particular format, and OSV-Scanner will comprehend the latter. After confirming that a reported vulnerability is a false positive or discovering mitigations other than upgrading the package, OSV-Scanner provides the option to suppress it so that future runs will not display it. ### Package name * osv-scanner --- ### License * GPL-3.0 --- ### Last updated * 27 June 2026 - latest/stable * 23 October 2026 - latest/edge --- ### Websites * [github.com/iosifache/osv-scanner-snap](https://github.com/iosifache/osv-scanner-snap "https://github.com/iosifache/osv-scanner-snap") * [google.github.io](https://google.github.io/osv-scanner "https://google.github.io/osv-scanner") --- ### Contact * [hi@iosifache.me](mailto:hi@iosifache.me "mailto:hi@iosifache.me") * [opensource@google.com](mailto:opensource@google.com "mailto:opensource@google.com") --- ### Source code * [github.com/iosifache/osv-scanner-snap](https://github.com/iosifache/osv-scanner-snap "https://github.com/iosifache/osv-scanner-snap") * [github.com/google/osv-scanner](https://github.com/google/osv-scanner "https://github.com/google/osv-scanner") --- ### Report a bug * [github.com/iosifache/osv-scanner-snap/issues](https://github.com/iosifache/osv-scanner-snap/issues "https://github.com/iosifache/osv-scanner-snap/issues") * [github.com/google/osv-scanner/issues](https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/issues "https://github.com/google/osv-scanner/issues") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/osv-scanner/centos#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on CentOS and install OSV-Scanner Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd Snap is available for [CentOS 7.6+](https://snapcraft.io/install/osv-scanner/centos), and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6+, from the [Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) (EPEL) repository. The EPEL repository can be added to your system with the following command: ``` sudo yum install epel-release ``` Snap can now be installed as follows: ``` sudo yum install snapd ``` Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled: ``` sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket ``` To enable *classic* snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between `/var/lib/snapd/snap` and `/snap`: ``` sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap ``` Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install OSV-Scanner To install OSV-Scanner, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install osv-scanner ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? 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