GitHub Action
VirusTotal GitHub Action
GitHub Action to upload and scan files with VirusTotal.
This action can be used to scan local files with VirusTotal:
name: build
on:
pull_request:
push:
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
-
name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
name: Set up Go
uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-
name: Build
run: |
GOOS=windows GOARCH=386 go build -o ./ghaction-virustotal-win32.exe -v -ldflags "-s -w"
GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -o ./ghaction-virustotal-win64.exe -v -ldflags "-s -w"
-
name: VirusTotal Scan
uses: crazy-max/ghaction-virustotal@v4
with:
vt_api_key: ${{ secrets.VT_API_KEY }}
files: |
./ghaction-virustotal-win32.exe
./ghaction-virustotal-win64.exeYou can also use this action to scan assets of a published release on GitHub when a release event is triggered:
name: released
on:
release:
types: [published]
jobs:
virustotal:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
-
name: VirusTotal Scan
uses: crazy-max/ghaction-virustotal@v4
with:
vt_api_key: ${{ secrets.VT_API_KEY }}
files: |
.exe$If you set update_release_body: true input, analysis link(s) will be appended
to the release body and will look like this:
To scan your assets through VirusTotal Monitor you can use the following workflow:
name: build
on:
pull_request:
push:
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
-
name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
name: Set up Go
uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-
name: Build
run: |
GOOS=windows GOARCH=386 go build -o ./ghaction-virustotal-win32.exe -v -ldflags "-s -w"
GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -o ./ghaction-virustotal-win64.exe -v -ldflags "-s -w"
-
name: VirusTotal Monitor Scan
uses: crazy-max/ghaction-virustotal@v4
with:
vt_api_key: ${{ secrets.VT_API_KEY }}
vt_monitor: true
monitor_path: /ghaction-virustotal
files: |
./ghaction-virustotal-*.exeFollowing inputs can be used as step.with keys
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
vt_api_key |
String | VirusTotal API key to upload assets (required) | |
files |
String | Newline-delimited list of path globs/patterns for asset files to upload for analysis (required) | |
vt_monitor |
Bool | false |
If enabled, files will be uploaded to VirusTotal Monitor endpoint |
monitor_path¹ |
String | / |
A path relative to current monitor user root folder to upload files |
update_release_body² |
Bool | false |
If enabled, analysis link(s) will be appended to the release body |
github_token³ |
String | GitHub Token used to create an authenticated client for GitHub API as provided by secrets |
|
request_rate |
Number | 0 |
API request-rate in requests/minute. Set to 4 or lower when using the standard free public API. 0 to disable rate-limit. |
- ¹ Only available if
vt_monitoris enabled.- ² Only available if release event is triggered in your workflow.
- ³ Required if release event is triggered in your workflow.
The following outputs are available
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
analysis |
String | Analysis results formatted as <filename>=<analysisURL> (comma separated) |
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