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TLDR

DefectDojo is an open-source security vulnerability management platform that collects findings from scanning tools, deduplicates them, and helps teams track and remediate security issues in one central place.

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    What it does
      Collect scan findings
      Deduplicate results
      Track remediation
      Generate reports
    Tech stack
      Python Django
      Docker
      Kubernetes
    Integrations
      OWASP scanners
      GitHub GitLab
      ServiceNow
      Azure DevOps
    Setup
      Docker Compose
      Live demo available
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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Import security scan results from multiple tools and track all vulnerabilities in one dashboard without manual spreadsheets.

USE CASE 2

Set up a DevSecOps pipeline where security findings are automatically deduplicated and assigned to developers for fixing.

USE CASE 3

Generate compliance reports showing the status of known vulnerabilities and remediation progress.

USE CASE 4

Run a self-hosted vulnerability management system using Docker Compose for a small security team.

Tech stack

PythonDjangoDockerKubernetesHTML

Getting it running

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Docker Compose setup takes about 3 minutes, the admin password is auto-generated and appears in the startup logs.

Open-source community edition, exact license terms are not specified in the documentation.

In plain English

DefectDojo is an open-source platform for tracking security vulnerabilities found in software applications. When a security scanning tool runs against your codebase or infrastructure and discovers problems, DefectDojo gives your team a central place to collect those findings, track their status, avoid recording the same issue twice, assign remediation work, and produce reports. The project is described as a DevSecOps and vulnerability management tool, meaning it is designed to fit into a software development workflow where security testing happens continuously alongside regular development. The platform can ingest findings from a wide range of external security scanning tools. Instead of each tool producing its own separate report that someone must read and manually track, DefectDojo imports the results and deduplicates them, so a vulnerability found by multiple scanners only appears once. Teams can then manage the remediation process from within DefectDojo rather than switching between different tools and spreadsheets. For setup, the README provides a quick Docker-based install: clone the repository, run one command, and the application starts. The initial setup takes about three minutes and generates an admin password that appears in the startup logs. A live demo is publicly available at a linked address, where anyone can log in and try uploading sample scan reports. DefectDojo is an OWASP Flagship Project, which means the Open Web Application Security Project, a nonprofit focused on software security, officially recognizes it. The project has two tiers: a free open-source community edition available on GitHub, and a paid Pro edition with additional features like a redesigned interface, deeper integrations with platforms such as GitHub, GitLab, ServiceNow, and Azure DevOps, and a hosted SaaS option. The repository is built with Django, a Python web framework, and can be deployed using Docker Compose or Kubernetes.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
I have DefectDojo running and want to import a scan report from OWASP ZAP. Show me how to upload the XML output file using the DefectDojo API.
Prompt 2
Write a Python script that uses the DefectDojo API to fetch all open critical and high severity findings and export them as a CSV file.
Prompt 3
I am setting up DefectDojo with Docker Compose. Walk me through configuring it to connect to an existing PostgreSQL database instead of the bundled one.
Prompt 4
Explain how DefectDojo deduplication works and how I can tune the settings for our specific security scanning pipeline.
Prompt 5
Help me create a DefectDojo engagement and product structure for a team with three microservices that each get scanned weekly.
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