As far as I can tell, the operating system detection seems to assume Linux for any *BSD host.
cfi
April 15, 2025, 9:38am
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Hello,
and welcome to this community forums. Please see the following thread below (just had added some more notes / disclaimer recently) around this OS detection topic:
Notes / Disclaimer:
OS detection is only a “byproduct” of vulnerability scanning and not a core function of the feed. There is no guarantee for completeness / fully reliability.
The OS detection itself is done on a “best effort” / “best guess” base without any guarantee that it is working for every single target / environment, especially if the detection happens remotely
The more services a target is exposing the higher the chances are that an OS is detected fully / correctly / in detail
Some …
system
July 13, 2025, 10:17am
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