DevSecOps Engine Tools

🚀 Description

DevSecOps Engine Tools is a Visual Studio Code extension developed by Bancolombia to detect security vulnerabilities early in the development lifecycle without depending solely on pipelines.

It enables static scans for Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Container Images, and Dependencies, using custom and industry-recognized tools. It highlights vulnerable lines in the code, suggests fixes with GitHub Copilot, and presents interactive results.

📦 Key Features

🛠️ Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Scan files such as Terraform, Dockerfiles, Kubernetes manifests, and CloudFormation templates
• File-based findings panel
• Highlights the vulnerable line directly in the editor
• Hover support for vulnerability details and contextual Copilot fix
• Support for environment variable substitution (as in pipeline configs)
• Executed using Checkov

🐳 Container

• Scans locally available container images
• Displays scan findings per image
• Right-side panel with detailed vulnerability info for the selected image
• Executed using Trivy

📦 Dependencies

• Analyze project dependencies with:
  • JFrog Xray
  • OWASP Dependency-Check
• Detect known CVEs in third-party libraries
• Compatible with Maven, Gradle, npm, yarn, etc.
• Includes impact path to determine transitive vs direct vulnerabilities
• Organized panel with detailed information and suggested updates

🤖 AI Assistant Actions

Take advantage of the integration with GitHub Copilot for an intelligent, assisted security workflow:

1. 💡 Fix with Copilot

• Color: Blue
• Icon: 💡
• Function:
  • Generates a contextual prompt for GitHub Copilot to help fix the vulnerability
  • Includes vulnerability details specific to:
    • Dependencies → impact path & affected libraries
    • Containers → image context & Dockerfile snippet
    • IaC → validation rules for the vulnerable resource

2. ℹ️ Explain Vulnerability

• Color: Purple
• Icon: ℹ️
• Function:
  • Generates a prompt for GitHub Copilot to explain the vulnerability
  • Provides educational context about the type of issue
  • Details potential impact and security risks
  • Helps you understand the issue before taking action

3. 📦 Generate Update Solution (Dependencies & Images)

• Color: Orange
• Icon: 📦
• Function:
  • Available for dependency vulnerabilities and container image vulnerabilities
  • Targets all vulnerabilities found in that scan, not just the one you clicked
  • Includes a compact CVE + fixed version list per finding (to keep the prompt short) instead of full details for each one
  • For dependencies: generates a single consolidated set of CLI commands (npm, yarn, maven, etc.) to update all affected libraries
  • For images: generates a single consolidated update plan (base image/package updates, Dockerfile changes) to fix all affected packages

📥 Installation

1. Install the extension from the VSCode Marketplace
2. Requirements:
   • ✅ WSL
   • ✅ Docker or Podman
3. Setup:
   • Enable Docker before scanning containers
   • Grant internet access for CVE updates (Dependency-Check/Xray)
4. Launch:
   • Open a folder in VSCode
   • Select the desired scan (IaC, Container, Dependencies)
   • View and interact with results from the left sidebar

🧪 Usage Considerations

• Vulnerabilities are shown by file, line, and severity
• Validate that results shown in the webview match the expected file and line
• Use workspace settings for advanced configs:
  • Custom variables
  • Scanner arguments
  • Exclusion rules
• Copilot support is context-aware; use it to get the most helpful fix suggestions

📚 Additional Resources

• Extension Guidelines
• Visual Studio Code Markdown Support
• Markdown Syntax Reference

Thanks for being part of the shift toward secure development from day one!