# Amazon Inspector Lambda standard scanning
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Amazon Inspector Lambda standard scanning identifies software vulnerabilities in the application package dependencies you add to your Lambda function code and layers. For example, if your Lambda function uses a version of the `python-jwt` package with a known vulnerability, Lambda standard scanning will generate a finding for that function.

If Amazon Inspector detects a vulnerability in your Lambda function application package dependencies, Amazon Inspector produces a detailed **Package Vulnerability** type finding.

For instructions on activating a scan type see [Activating a scan type](activate-scans.md).

**Note**  
Lambda standard scanning doesn't scan the AWS SDK dependency installed by default in the Lambda runtime environment. Amazon Inspector only scans dependencies uploaded with the function code or inherited from a layer.

**Note**  
Deactivating Amazon Inspector Lambda standard scanning will also deactivate Amazon Inspector Lambda code scanning.