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About
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Dependency-check is an open source solution the OWASP Top 10 2013 entry: [A9 -
OWASP dependency-check is an open source solution the OWASP Top 10 2013 entry: [A9 -
Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities](https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Top_10_2013-A9-Using_Components_with_Known_Vulnerabilities).
Dependency-check can currently be used to scan Java applications (and their
dependent libraries) to identify known vulnerable components.
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* [How does dependency-check work](./internals.html)
* [How to read the report](./thereport.html)
* [The OWASP dependency-check mailing list](./mail-lists.html)
**IMPORTANT NOTE**: Dependency-check automatically updates itself using the NVD Data Feeds hosted by
NIST. **The initial download of the data may take fifteen minutes
or more**, if you run the tool at least once every seven days only a small XML file
needs to be downloaded to keep the local copy of the data current.
Dependency-check's core analysis library is exposed in various forms:
OWASP dependency-check's core analysis engine can be used as:
- [Command Line Tool](dependency-check-cli/index.html)
- [Maven Plugin](dependency-check-maven/usage.html)