NEnewaccount12344·Jun 5, 2026Submission
Show HN: OWASP VulnerableApp Modern Extensible and Scalable vulnerable app
6 points · Open discussionSasanLabs
VulnerableApp
Java2026–2026
SasanLabs / VulnerableApp
VulnerableApp
OWASP VulnerableApp Project: Break it. Scan it. Reproduce it. Benchmark against it. Improve it.
3Distinct people
5Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
483GitHub stars
What to know before exploring
What it is
OWASP VulnerableApp Project: Break it. Scan it. Reproduce it. Benchmark against it. Improve it.
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Where it is used
No documented product use has been verified yet.
What people are saying
No recommendation phrase was found in the indexed comments.
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Also in these discussions
No other repository is repeatedly linked in the same discussions.
This week on Hacker News
Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.
No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.
Mentions over time
HN mentions by 6-hour interval5 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2026-05-30 03:10:42 UTC to 2026-06-05 20:19:26 UTC.
Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
View mention counts and date ranges
| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 00:00 | 2026-05-30 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-05-30 06:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| May 30, 06:00 | 2026-05-30 06:00:00 UTC | 2026-05-30 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 30, 12:00 | 2026-05-30 12:00:00 UTC | 2026-05-30 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 30, 18:00 | 2026-05-30 18:00:00 UTC | 2026-05-31 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 31, 00:00 | 2026-05-31 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-05-31 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 31, 06:00 | 2026-05-31 06:00:00 UTC | 2026-05-31 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 31, 12:00 | 2026-05-31 12:00:00 UTC | 2026-05-31 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 31, 18:00 | 2026-05-31 18:00:00 UTC | 2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 1, 00:00 | 2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-06-01 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 1, 06:00 | 2026-06-01 06:00:00 UTC | 2026-06-01 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 1, 12:00 | 2026-06-01 12:00:00 UTC | 2026-06-01 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 1, 18:00 | 2026-06-01 18:00:00 UTC | 2026-06-02 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2, 00:00 | 2026-06-02 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-06-02 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2, 06:00 | 2026-06-02 06:00:00 UTC | 2026-06-02 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2, 12:00 | 2026-06-02 12:00:00 UTC | 2026-06-02 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2, 18:00 | 2026-06-02 18:00:00 UTC | 2026-06-03 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 3, 00:00 | 2026-06-03 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-06-03 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 3, 06:00 | 2026-06-03 06:00:00 UTC | 2026-06-03 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 3, 12:00 | 2026-06-03 12:00:00 UTC | 2026-06-03 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 3, 18:00 | 2026-06-03 18:00:00 UTC | 2026-06-04 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 4, 00:00 | 2026-06-04 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-06-04 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 4, 06:00 | 2026-06-04 06:00:00 UTC | 2026-06-04 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 4, 12:00 | 2026-06-04 12:00:00 UTC | 2026-06-04 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 4, 18:00 | 2026-06-04 18:00:00 UTC | 2026-06-05 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Jun 5, 00:00 | 2026-06-05 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-06-05 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 5, 06:00 | 2026-06-05 06:00:00 UTC | 2026-06-05 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 5, 12:00 | 2026-06-05 12:00:00 UTC | 2026-06-05 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 5, 18:00 | 2026-06-05 18:00:00 UTC | 2026-06-06 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
5 sourcesLet's see how better it is in comparison to ZAP and Burp. I will test on https://github.com/SasanLabs/VulnerableApp which i built under SasanLabs
In Anthropic's open-source framework for AI-powered vulnerability discoveryOWASP VulnerableApp Project: Break It. Scan It. Improve It
4 points · Open discussionSimilar benchmarks?
OWASP Vulnerable Web Applications Directory: https://vwad.owasp.org/
vavkamil/awesome-vulnerable-apps: Awesome Vulnerable Applications https://github.com/vavkamil/awesome-vulnerable-apps
From SasanLabs/VulnerableApp: https://github.com/SasanLabs/VulnerableApp :
> OWASP VulnerableApp is a modular deliberately vulnerable application designed primarily for validating and benchmarking security scanners through reproducible test scenarios, while also supporting learning and experimentation.
/? deliberately vulnerable web application llm benchmark https://www.google.com/search?q=deliberately+vulnerable+web+...
In I built a vulnerable app and spent $1,500 seeing if LLMs could hack it