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使用 Homebrew, Nix 安装 kics

查看 kics 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

安装命令安全说明

安装

其他安装命令

macOS

Homebrew已验证 · 100%
brew install kics

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nix已验证 · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#kics

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ki/kics/package.nix · 来源: api.github.com

概览

软件包摘要

Detect vulnerabilities, compliance issues, and misconfigurations

命令和别名

  • kics

历史

项目历史与用法

KICS, short for Keeping Infrastructure as Code Secure, is Checkmarx's open-source scanner for infrastructure-as-code vulnerabilities, compliance problems, and misconfigurations.

项目历史

Checkmarx created the public KICS repository in 2020 and published v1.0.0 on 2020-11-30. The project arrived during the wider shift from manually provisioned infrastructure toward Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm, CloudFormation, Docker Compose, and other declarative infrastructure formats, where configuration mistakes can become security defects.

采用历史

KICS adoption is tied to CI and DevSecOps workflows. Official materials document a GitHub Action, a Docker image, a standalone CLI, and broad platform coverage across Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, CloudFormation, Ansible, Helm, OpenAPI, gRPC, Azure Resource Manager, Pulumi, Serverless Framework, OpenTofu, Bicep, and more.

使用方式

Users run `kics scan` or CI integrations against infrastructure repositories to catch risky cloud and orchestration settings before deployment. Query packs and documentation make it useful both for one-off audits and for policy-style checks in build pipelines.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

KICS is significant because it packages a large IaC security rule corpus as a Go CLI that can be installed by package managers, run in containers, or embedded in GitHub workflows. It sits in the same package-nerd mental shelf as Terraform linters, policy engines, and static analyzers, but focuses on concrete misconfiguration checks across many IaC syntaxes.

时间线

  • 2020: Checkmarx/kics repository created on GitHub.
  • 2020: v1.0.0 release published on 2020-11-30.
  • 2021: The 1.1 and 1.2 release series expanded after the initial 1.0 release.
  • 2025: The 2.1 release series was active through repeated published releases.
  • 2026: v2.1.20 release published on 2026-03-03.

Related projects

  • Official KICS materials include a companion Checkmarx/kics-github-action repository for GitHub Actions integration and documentation for scanning common IaC ecosystems such as Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm, CloudFormation, and Docker Compose.

安全态势

风险级别：绿色

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

风险分类器

绿色 风险 · 低 置信度 · appliance

原因

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

信号

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

安装行为

  • formula 元数据中未记录 Homebrew post-install 钩子。
  • Homebrew bottle 元数据适用于 6 个平台目标。
  • 构建元数据列出 1 个构建依赖。

建议审查

在无人值守的代理使用前，请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
kics.config

可执行文件

已安装的可执行文件

命令类型暴露范围备注
kicscli全局可执行文件

新鲜度

版本和新鲜度

这些信号区分页生成时间、软件包管理器活动和上游发布比较。只有存在证据 URL 和可比较版本时，才会提示版本落后。

页面生成时间2026-07-25
管理器版本2.1.20
管理器更新时间
本地数据OK
上游当前
检测到的最新版本v2.1.20

https://github.com/Checkmarx/kics

  • 信息No package-manager update timestamp was available.低 置信度

安装元数据

软件包元数据

软件包键brew:kics
版本2.1.20
软件包管理器Homebrew
软件包管理器页面https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kics
主页https://kics.io/
仓库https://github.com/Checkmarx/kics
上游文档https://docs.kics.io/
许可证Apache-2.0
源码归档https://github.com/Checkmarx/kics/archive/refs/tags/v2.1.20.tar.gz
构建依赖go
Bottle可用 (于 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install未定义
服务未声明
注意事项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.

注册表事实

源数据库详情

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namekics
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

源数据库匹配

其他软件包管理器记录

匹配项来自外部软件包管理器索引，并与本地 Automic Vault 软件包链接分开显示。

Nix95%

kics

nix profile install nixpkgs#kics
  • normalized package name match
  • 匹配方式：Kics
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ki/kics/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

软件包图谱

链接来自本地软件包关系图、补充数据、依赖边、生态匹配和软件包 hub 归属。

相关工具

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

相同工作流

  • checkovShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compliance, infrastructure-as-code, security.
  • cargo-auditShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, vulnerability-scanning.
  • clairShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, vulnerability-scanning.
  • dependency-checkShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, vulnerability-scanning.
  • flawfinderShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, vulnerability-scanning.
  • govulncheckShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, vulnerability-scanning.

来源线索

由仓库数据生成

此页面由 av-web 从 scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py 生成的私有软件包 SQLite 工件提供。

使用的来源

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment