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20 added, 15 removed. Audit B to A.
---
- title: "Audit Python environments and requirements files for known vulnerabilities with pip-audit"
+ name: "Audit Python environments and requirements files for known vulnerabilities with pip-audit"
+ slug: "audit-python-environments-and-requirements-files-for-known-vulnerabilities-with-pip-audit"
description: "Check Python environments and requirements files for published vulnerabilities before shipping, upgrading, or approving dependency changes."
+ github_stars: 1260
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit"
author: "PyPA"
publisher_type: "organization"
- category:
- - "Security & Verification"
- framework:
- - "Multi-Framework"
+ category: "Security & Verification"
+ framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
github_repo: "pypa/pip-audit"
github_stars: 1260
---
# Audit Python environments and requirements files for known vulnerabilities with pip-audit
Check Python environments and requirements files for published vulnerabilities before shipping, upgrading, or approving dependency changes.
## Prerequisites
Python 3.9+, pip, pip-audit
## Installation
- Choose whichever fits your setup:
+ Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
+ - pip-audit
+ - pip-audit is a tool for scanning Python environments for packages
+ - pip-audit requires Python 3.10 or newer, and can be installed directly via pip:
+ - python -m pip install pip-audit
- 1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
- 2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
- 3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
- 4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
- 5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.
+ Requirements and caveats from upstream:
+ - [](https://repology.org/project/python:pip-audit/versions)
+ - with known vulnerabilities. It uses the Python Packaging Advisory Database
+ - [](https://repology.org/project/python:pip-audit/versions)
- Install command or upstream instructions:
+ Basic usage or getting-started notes:
+ - [Usage](#usage)
+ - bash
+ - ### Third-party packages
- ```
- Install with `pip install pip-audit`, then run `pip-audit` in the target environment or `pip-audit -r requirements.txt` for a pinned dependency file.
- ```
+ - Source: https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit
+ - Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pypa/pip-audit/HEAD/README.md
## Documentation
- https://pypa.github.io/pip-audit/
## Source
- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/audit-python-environments-and-requirements-files-for-known-vulnerabilities-with-pip-audit/)