Reachability-Based SCA That Cuts 80% of Your Vulnerability Workload

Coana is a next-generation software composition analysis platform built around reachability analysis. Instead of flagging every known CVE in an application's dependency tree, its engine performs static control-flow and call-graph analysis to determine whether vulnerable code in a dependency can actually be executed by the application. The result is a dramatic reduction in noise, with the company reporting that teams eliminate more than 80 percent of the false positives generated by traditional SCA tools.

The platform analyzes both direct and indirect dependencies, pinpoints the exact code locations affected by a reachable vulnerability, and supports remediation through auto-fixing, SBOM and VEX generation, and continuous monitoring. Coana integrates into existing CI/CD workflows and works with any CI platform without requiring installation inside cloud environments or source control systems, letting developers prioritize and fix the small set of issues that genuinely put them at risk.

Founded by academic researchers from Aarhus University who specialize in static program analysis, Coana was backed by Sequoia before being acquired by Socket in 2025, where its reachability engine now anchors the next generation of Socket's developer-first software supply chain security platform. The combination pairs Coana's exploitability-focused precision with Socket's supply chain threat detection, and customers report remediation of critical vulnerabilities up to ten times faster once unreachable findings are filtered out.