# OSV Security Scanner

> Shows vulnerability data from osv.dev for packages on npm, PyPI, and Maven Central.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/osv-security-scanner](https://chrome-stats.com/d/osv-security-scanner)

## Overview

- **ID:** `osv-security-scanner`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Vishwas Badiger
- **Category:** web-development,privacy-security
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-04
- **First published:** 2026-04-01
- **Size:** 23 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/osv-security-scanner/)

## Description

Automatically shows vulnerability data from osv.dev when you browse package registries.

## Rankings

- #144,847 — Overall
- #244 — security

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Host permissions

- `https://api.osv.dev/*`
- `https://www.npmjs.com/*`
- `https://pypi.org/*`
- `https://central.sonatype.com/*`
- `https://mvnrepository.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `www.npmjs.com`
- `pypi.org`
- `central.sonatype.com`
- `mvnrepository.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/osv-security-scanner)