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Mend SAST
Static application security testing
Mend SAST combines accurate static analysis with agentic security testing, AI-powered triage, app context, and remediation to help teams find real vulnerabilities, reduce manual investigation, and fix what matters faster—directly in developer workflows.
Proactively remediate critical source code vulnerability
Agentic SAST support for AI code assistants, pre-commit
Autonomously find and fix code flaws, whether human or AI generated, before committing it to the repo.
Mend SAST feeds vulnerability information into AI code assistants like Cursor, Windsurf, and Copilot to automatically remediate custom code flaws directly in the AI workflow.
Cut noise before it becomes developer work
Pinpoint new vulnerabilities linked to recent code changes, directly within the repository.
Start with 38% better precision and 48% better recall than benchmark competitors, then use Agentic SAST triage to further reduce manual investigation.
Turn findings into AI-powered fixes before production
Generate actionable code fixes directly from SAST findings, with AI-powered remediation that is 46% more accurate than benchmark competitors.
Developers can review and apply proposed fixes in their existing workflow, reducing time spent researching remediation and preventing vulnerabilities from reaching production.
Keep security feedback moving at AI speed
With scans up to 10x faster than traditional SAST tools and incremental analysis focused on relevant code changes, Mend SAST delivers actionable findings while developers are still working.
Fast detection, triage, and remediation help security keep pace with AI-accelerated development rather than becoming the release bottleneck.
Govern code security without sending source code to the cloud
SAST’s on-premises scanning keeps sproprietary source code inside your environment while managing findings, policies, quality gates, SLAs and workflows in the cloud.
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Best-in-class integrations to make “shift left” a way of life
Mend SAST integrates with IDEs, repositories, pipeline and other dev tools already used in your org. It also supports 30+ programming languages, allowing you to manage risk and vulnerabilities, without overwhelming your devs or weighing down their tech stack.
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Secure custom code with AI powered fixes, delivered in the repo.
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Continuously detect and prevent code flaws before deployment.
Receive on-demand differential results without context switching.
Secure AI generated code without slowing down development.
“One of our most indicative KPIs is the amount of time for us to remediate vulnerabilities and also the amount of time developers spend fixing vulnerabilities in our code base, which has reduced significantly. We’re talking about at least 80% reduction in time.”
“Overall, the product is great. It solves the OSS vulnerabilities, OSS commercial product license restrictions, and is diving deep into AI license and usage vulnerabilities.”
“When the product you sell is an application you develop, your teams need to be fast, secure and compliant. These three factors often work in opposite directions. Mend provides the opportunity to align these often competing factors, providing Vonage with an advantage in a very competitive marketplace.”
“It is one of the easiest and best ways to analyze coding. With AI, it is able to detect security flaws and compliance issues quickly and accurately.”
“The biggest value we get out of Mend is the fast feedback loop, which enables our developers to respond rapidly to any vulnerability or license issues. When a vulnerability or a license is disregarded or blocked, and there is a policy violation, they get the feedback directly.”
Mend SAST FAQs
What is Mend SAST?
Mend SAST is a static application security testing tool that scans source code — both human-written and AI-generated — for security vulnerabilities and hardcoded secrets directly inside your repository and IDE. It delivers scans up to 10x faster than traditional SAST tools, with AI-powered fixes that are 46% more accurate than competitors and 38% better precision than industry benchmarks. It is included in Mend AppSec.
How does Mend SAST scan up to 10x faster than traditional SAST tools?
Mend SAST uses incremental, differential scanning that analyzes only changed code rather than re-scanning the entire repo on every commit. Combined with high-performance scans that run on commit and use intelligent syntax and data flow analysis. This delivers results 10x faster than legacy SAST — fast enough to keep up with AI-paced development.
How does Mend SAST reduce false positives?
Mend SAST groups related findings, applies AI-tuned rules to suppress unreachable code paths, and validates context across the full call graph before raising a vulnerability. Independent testing shows 38% better precision and 48% better recall than competing SAST tools — fewer false alarms and fewer missed bugs.
Can Mend SAST scan AI-generated code from Copilot, Cursor, and similar tools?
Yes. Mend SAST is built for AI-driven development: a lightweight scan runs at the moment of code generation in the IDE, with deep static analysis at commit. This catches vulnerabilities in AI-generated code before it lands in the repo, with AI-powered fixes that are 46% more accurate than competitors.
Does Mend SAST include secrets scanning?
Yes. Mend SAST detects hardcoded credentials, API keys, tokens, and certificates. Detected secrets trigger automated policy violations and can fail the build, preventing exposed secrets from reaching production.
How many programming languages does Mend SAST support?
Mend SAST supports 30+ programming languages, including Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, C#, Go, Ruby, PHP, Swift, Kotlin, and C/C++. Coverage spans web, mobile, server-side, and infrastructure-as-code languages used in modern AI-native applications.
Does Mend SAST require uploading source code to the cloud?
No. Mend SAST performs scanning on-premises or inside your own environment, so proprietary source code never leaves your perimeter. Findings, dashboards, and policy management run in the Mend cloud — giving you SaaS convenience without sacrificing IP confidentiality, ideal for regulated and high-IP industries.
How does Mend SAST integrate with IDEs and CI/CD pipelines?
Mend SAST integrates natively with JetBrains, VS Code, and Visual Studio IDEs as well as Agentic IDEs such as Cursor and Windsurf; with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps repositories; and with Jenkins, CircleCI, GitHub Actions, and other CI/CD systems — so developers receive findings and AI-powered fixes inside the tools they already use.
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