I Tried Gemini CLI Security Extension for my Vibe-Coded App — Here’s What Happened

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This is a hands-on walkthrough of the Gemini CLI Security Extension — a free, open-source tool that brings AI-powered security analysis directly into your PR workflow. 🔸 What you’ll learn: ➙ How to scan code diffs with /security:analyze ➙ How to check dependencies using /security:scan-deps + OSV-Scanner 🔸 What types of issues it catches: ➙ Hardcoded secrets ➙ Injection vulnerabilities (XSS, SQLi, SSRF) ➙ Insecure data handling ➙ LLM-specific risks (prompt injection, unsafe output handling) 🔸How it compares to traditional SAST tools (precision vs noise) ➙ Practical tips to reduce false positives and focus on real risk ➙ How to integrate it into CI/CD and PR workflows If you’re building or testing modern applications — especially with AI — this is a practical way to shift security left without slowing down development. #CyberSecurity #AppSec #DevSecOps #SoftwareSecurity #SecureCoding #SupplyChainAttack #DependencySecurity #VulnerabilityScanning #CodeSecurity #SAST #GeminiCLI #OSVScanner #JavaScript #NodeJS #OpenSource #SoftwareTesting #QAAutomation #ShiftLeft #CICD #Developers #AIinSecurity #AIForDevelopers #LLMSecurity FOLLOW ME 📸 Web: https://softwaretestingtrends.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Esg4EZDtng LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ambysan/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ambysan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/softwaretestingtrend/ Medium: https://medium.com/@ambysan BLOGGING 📝 Software Testing Trends: https://softwaretestingtrends.com/ TechJournal: https://ambreenkhan.dev/ ABOUT ME 👩‍💻 https://ambreenkhan.netlify.app/