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VigilOps CLI Filters Node.js CVE Alerts to Only Reachable Vulnerabilities

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VigilOps is a free, open-source Node.js command-line tool designed to reduce alert fatigue caused by excessive CVE notifications. Many development teams receive vulnerability warnings for dependencies that are never actually executed in their codebase, burying genuine security risks in noise. Unlike tools such as Dependabot, VigilOps scans dependencies against the OSV.dev vulnerability database and surfaces only those vulnerabilities present in code that is actually called. The tool is aimed at maintainers and small development teams overwhelmed by irrelevant security alerts. It is publicly available on GitHub and can be run immediately via npx without installation.

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