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CSAF_VALIDATOR(1) CSAF tools CSAF_VALIDATOR(1)

NAME

csaf_validator - validate local CSAF advisory files

SYNOPSIS

csaf_validator [OPTIONS] files...

DESCRIPTION

Validates each file against the CSAF 2.0 JSON schema and, if one is configured, against a remote validation service.

The schema comes from the csaf-oasis-schemas package. Without it the tool cannot validate anything and reports the missing schema file.

EXIT STATUS

Zero when every file is valid. Otherwise the bits of the exit status say what happened: 1 a general error, 2 schema validation failed, 4 no remote validator was configured, 8 remote validation failed.

OPTIONS

--help lists all options: --validator, --validator_cache, --validator_preset and -o, --output.

SEE ALSO

csaf_downloader(1), csaf_checker(1), /usr/share/doc/csaf-tools/csaf_validator.md

2026-10-26 csaf-tools