Announcing uv audit: native support for vulnerability scanning across your project's dependencies
11:42 AM · Jun 16, 2026 · 8.2K Views
Astral founder Charlie Marsh launches uv audit to bring native dependency vulnerability scanning to the Python toolchain
It also introduces experimental malware detection during dependency resolution.
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Charlie Marsh@charliermarsh
https://astral.sh/blog/uv-audit
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We also now support on-the-fly malware checks via the Open Source Vulnerabilities (OSV) database.
Set UV_MALWARE_CHECK=1, and we'll cross-reference your resolved dependencies with known malware reports prior to installation.
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Charlie Marsh@charliermarsh
We also now support on-the-fly malware checks via the Open Source Vulnerabilities (OSV) database.
Set UV_MALWARE_CHECK=1, and we'll cross-reference your resolved dependencies with known malware reports prior to installation.
Charlie Marsh@charliermarsh
Announcing uv audit: native support for vulnerability scanning across your project's dependencies
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Charlie Marsh@charliermarsh
All credit here goes to our security king William Woodruff
https://github.com/woodruffw
Charlie Marsh@charliermarsh
https://astral.sh/blog/uv-audit
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Florian Brand@xeophon
@charliermarsh thank you mr uv
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Announcing uv audit: native support for vulnerability scanning across your project's dependencies
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Tony Lofreso Jr.@tlofreso
@charliermarsh Omg ♥️
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Morteza Hosseini@MoriHosseini1
@charliermarsh Yesss
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