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Checking Security Vulnerabilities
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The ``symfony`` binary created when you `install Symfony CLI`_ provides a command to
check whether your project's dependencies contain any known security
vulnerability:
A good and recommended security practice is to check from time to time whether your
project's dependencies contain any known security vulnerability. You can leverage the
`Local PHP Security Checker`_ to do so.

.. code-block:: terminal

$ symfony check:security

A good security practice is to execute this command regularly to be able to
You can also execute this process regularly to be able to
update or replace compromised dependencies as soon as possible. The security
check is done locally by fetching the public `PHP security advisories database`_,
so your ``composer.lock`` file is not sent on the network.
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.. _`The Symfony Demo Application`: https://github.com/symfony/demo
.. _`Symfony Flex`: https://github.com/symfony/flex
.. _`PHP security advisories database`: https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories
.. _`Local PHP Security Checker`: https://github.com/fabpot/local-php-security-checker
.. _`Symfony releases`: https://symfony.com/releases
.. _`Main recipe repository`: https://github.com/symfony/recipes
.. _`Contrib recipe repository`: https://github.com/symfony/recipes-contrib
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