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brew install kics v2.1.20 Apache-2.0

Detect vulnerabilities, compliance issues, and misconfigurations

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30-day installs · #2407
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90-day · #2094
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365-day · #2190

Build dependencies

go

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Caveats

KICS queries are placed under $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/kics/share/kics/assets/queries
To use KICS default queries add KICS_QUERIES_PATH env to your ~/.zshrc or ~/.zprofile:
    "echo 'export KICS_QUERIES_PATH=$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/kics/share/kics/assets/queries' >> ~/.zshrc"
usage of CLI flag --queries-path takes precedence.
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