ggshield

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Is ggshield safe to use?

Based on the latest brin safety scan, no vulnerabilities or threats were detected for ggshield v1.47.0. Trust score: 80/100. No known CVE vulnerabilities, no detected threat patterns, and no suspicious capabilities identified. This is an automated, point-in-time assessment.

Install (safety-checked)

ggshield Passed Security Checks

No security concerns detected

clean
CVEs

0

Threats

0

Install Scripts

0

No Concerns Detected

No security concerns detected in the latest brin assessment. This is an automated, point-in-time evaluation — security posture may change.

This is an automated, point-in-time assessment and may contain errors. Findings are risk indicators, not confirmed threats. Security posture may change over time. Maintainers can dispute findings via the brin review process.

ggshield Capabilities & Permissions

What ggshield can access when installed. Review these capabilities before using with AI agents like Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex.

Network Access

This package makes network requests.

127.0.0.1[^\s]+\.comafter.comapi.env.gitguardian.comapi.eu1.gitguardian.comapi.gitguardian.comapi.gitguardian.com2api.gitguardian.com?foo=barapi.github.comapi.hasmysecretleaked.com+53 more
Protocols: http, https

Filesystem Access

Reads and writes to the filesystem.

/usr/ (r).env (r).env (r)/usr/ (rw)/usr/ (rw).env (rw).env (rw).env (rw)+32 more

Process Spawning

This package can spawn child processes.

dockergit

Environment Variables

Accesses the following environment variables.

BITBUCKET_COMMITBITBUCKET_GIT_HTTP_ORIGINBUILD_BUILDIDBUILD_REPOSITORY_URIBUILD_SOURCEBRANCHNAMEBUILD_SOURCEVERSIONCHANGE_TARGETCICIRCLECI+67 more

AGENTS.md for ggshield

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ggshield Documentation & Source Code

For the full ggshield README, API documentation, and source code, visit the official package registry.

Frequently asked questions about ggshield safety

Weekly Downloads

N/A

Version

1.47.0

Other Versions

Last Scanned

Feb 10, 2026

Trust Score

80/100·Legitimacy signals, not safety

Capabilities

Network

Connects to: 127.0.0.1, [^\s]+\.com, after.com...

Filesystem

Reads & Writes files

Process

Spawns child processes

Environment

Accesses: , BITBUCKET_COMMIT, BITBUCKET_GIT_HTTP_ORIGIN...