OpenVAS
E192908
OpenVAS is an open-source vulnerability scanning and management framework used to assess and improve the security of computer networks and systems.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Greenbone Networks | 1 |
| Greenbone Vulnerability Management | 1 |
| Greenbone community | 1 |
| Jetpack Scan | 1 |
| OpenVAS canonical | 1 |
| OpenVAS CLI | 1 |
| OpenVAS Manager | 1 |
| OpenVAS Scanner | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1717795 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: OpenVAS Context triple: [Kali Linux, includesTool, OpenVAS]
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A.
Checkmarx
Checkmarx is a cybersecurity company specializing in application security testing solutions that help organizations identify and remediate vulnerabilities in their software code.
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B.
CSAF
CSAF is the acronym for the highest-ranking officer and principal military advisor in the United States Air Force, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
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C.
SolarWinds
SolarWinds is an American software company best known for its IT infrastructure management tools and for being at the center of a major 2020 supply-chain cyberattack.
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D.
Kali Linux
Kali Linux is a Debian-based Linux distribution specifically designed for digital forensics and penetration testing, widely used by security professionals and ethical hackers.
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E.
Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation tools
Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation tools are cybersecurity solutions that provide ongoing monitoring, vulnerability management, and risk assessment to help organizations strengthen and maintain their security posture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: OpenVAS Target entity description: OpenVAS is an open-source vulnerability scanning and management framework used to assess and improve the security of computer networks and systems.
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A.
Checkmarx
Checkmarx is a cybersecurity company specializing in application security testing solutions that help organizations identify and remediate vulnerabilities in their software code.
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B.
CSAF
CSAF is the acronym for the highest-ranking officer and principal military advisor in the United States Air Force, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
-
C.
SolarWinds
SolarWinds is an American software company best known for its IT infrastructure management tools and for being at the center of a major 2020 supply-chain cyberattack.
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D.
Kali Linux
Kali Linux is a Debian-based Linux distribution specifically designed for digital forensics and penetration testing, widely used by security professionals and ethical hackers.
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E.
Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation tools
Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation tools are cybersecurity solutions that provide ongoing monitoring, vulnerability management, and risk assessment to help organizations strengthen and maintain their security posture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
free and open-source software
ⓘ
network security tool ⓘ security software ⓘ vulnerability scanner ⓘ |
| basedOn | Nessus 2 code base ⓘ |
| category | vulnerability scanning framework ⓘ |
| componentOf |
OpenVAS
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Greenbone Vulnerability Management
|
| developer |
OpenVAS
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Greenbone Networks
|
| domain |
cybersecurity
ⓘ
network security ⓘ vulnerability assessment ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Greenbone Security Assistant
ⓘ
Greenbone Security Feed ⓘ OpenVAS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
OpenVAS CLI
OpenVAS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
OpenVAS Manager
OpenVAS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
OpenVAS Scanner
|
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| maintainer |
OpenVAS
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Greenbone community
|
| operatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
Unix-like systems ⓘ |
| previousName | GNessUs ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
C
ⓘ
Python ⓘ |
| repository | https://github.com/greenbone/openvas ⓘ |
| supports |
CVE-based vulnerability detection
ⓘ
CVSS scoring ⓘ NVTs (Network Vulnerability Tests) ⓘ authenticated scanning ⓘ network vulnerability scanning ⓘ report generation ⓘ scheduled scans ⓘ security assessment ⓘ unauthenticated scanning ⓘ vulnerability management ⓘ |
| supportsAuthenticationMethod |
SMB
ⓘ
SNMP ⓘ SSH ⓘ TLS ⓘ |
| supportsIntegrationWith |
security information and event management systems
ⓘ
ticketing systems ⓘ |
| supportsOutputFormat |
CSV reports
ⓘ
HTML reports ⓘ PDF reports ⓘ XML reports ⓘ |
| usedFor |
assessing security of computer networks
ⓘ
assessing security of computer systems ⓘ compliance checking ⓘ identifying known vulnerabilities ⓘ |
| usesProtocol |
OpenVAS Management Protocol
ⓘ
TAXII ⓘ
surface form:
OpenVAS Transfer Protocol
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: OpenVAS Description of subject: OpenVAS is an open-source vulnerability scanning and management framework used to assess and improve the security of computer networks and systems.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jetpack Scan
this entity surface form:
Greenbone Networks
this entity surface form:
Greenbone Vulnerability Management
this entity surface form:
OpenVAS Scanner
this entity surface form:
OpenVAS Manager
this entity surface form:
OpenVAS CLI
this entity surface form:
Greenbone community