Compare the Top Vulnerability Scanners for Linux as of January 2026

What are Vulnerability Scanners for Linux?

Vulnerability scanners enable organizations to perpetually track and monitor applications and systems to detect security flaws, threats, and vulnerabilities. Vulnerability scanners scan for vulnerabilities by drawing from a fresh database of vulnerabilities. Compare and read user reviews of the best Vulnerability Scanners for Linux currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    Runecast

    Runecast

    Runecast Solutions

    Runecast is an enterprise CNAPP platform that saves your Security and Operations teams time and resources by enabling a proactive approach to ITOM, CSPM, and compliance. It automates vulnerability assessment, configuration drift management and continuous compliance – for VMware, Cloud and Containers. By proactively using our agentless scanning in real-time admins discover potential risks and remediation solutions before any issues can develop into a major outage. It provides continuous audits against vendor best practices, common security standards, and frameworks such as BSI IT-Grundschutz, CIS, Cyber Essentials, DISA STIG, DORA, Essential 8, GDPR, HIPAA, ISO 27001, KVKK, NIST, PCI DSS, TISAX, VMware Security Hardening Guidelines, and the CISA KEVs catalog. Detect and assess risks and be fully compliant across your hybrid cloud in minutes. Runecast has been recognized with Frost & Sullivan's 2023 European New Product Innovation Award in the CNAPP industry.
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    ARMO

    ARMO

    ARMO

    ARMO pioneers a new approach to Cloud Security with an open source powered, behavioral driven, Cloud Runtime Security Platform. ARMOs CADR (Cloud App Detection & Response) solution addresses a major unsolved pain point for organizations running on cloud-native architectures: how to continuously protect dynamic workloads during runtime without overwhelming teams with alerts or interrupting operations. ARMO CADR continuously reduces the cloud attack surface using real-time runtime insights, while actively detecting and responding to threats with true risk context. It includes 2 major products that are tightly integrated together and are part of one platform solution - * Kubernetes-First, runtime driven, Cloud Security Posture mgmt (CSPM) - identifying risks, prioritizing them and offering remediation without breaking applications in production * Real-Time Threat Detection & Response - detecting and responding to active threats across the entire cloud and applications stack
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    Armor Anywhere

    Armor Anywhere

    Armor Cloud Security

    Whether your data is stored in a cloud environment (private, public, or hybrid) or you’re hosting it onsite, Armor will keep it safe. We’ll help you zero in on real threats and filter out the rest with powerful analytics, workflow automation, and a team of experts working day and night. When (not if) there is an attack, we don’t just send an alert. Our Security Operations Center experts are on it immediately, guiding your security team on how to respond and resolve the problem. Our solutions prefer open source software and open frameworks, and cloud-native implementations freeing you from conventional provider lock-in. Our IaC-based continuous deployment model easily integrates into your existing DevOps pipeline, or we can manage the stack for you. We aim to empower your business by making security and compliance accessible, understandable, and easy to implement and maintain.
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