diff --git a/.github/workflows/security.yml b/.github/workflows/security.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8344323d726f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/security.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+name: Vulnerability Scanning with Trivy
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * *'  # Test Trivy daily at midnight
+
+env:
+  GOCOVERDIR: ${{ ( github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event_name == 'schedule' ) && '/home/runner/work/lxd/lxd/coverage' || '' }}
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  security-events: write # for uploading SARIF results to the security tab
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.event_name }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    # Make sure bash is always invoked with `-eo pipefail`
+    # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idstepsshell
+    shell: bash
+
+jobs:
+  trivy-repo:
+    name: Trivy vulnerability scanner - Repository
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    if: ${{ ( github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event_name == 'schedule' ) }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: main
+
+      - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner in repo mode
+        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@master
+        with:
+          scan-type: "fs"
+          ignore-unfixed: true
+          format: "sarif"
+          output: "trivy-lxd-repo-scan-results.sarif"
+
+      - name: Upload Trivy scan results to GitHub Security tab
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3
+        with:
+          sarif_file: "trivy-lxd-repo-scan-results.sarif"
+          sha: ${{ env.GITHUB_SHA }}
+          ref: refs/heads/main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 3b495df707ef..180a20659865 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
   workflow_dispatch:
   schedule:
-    - cron: '0 0 * * *'  # Test TICS daily
+    - cron: '0 0 * * *'  # Test TICS and Trivy daily
 
 env:
   LXD_REQUIRED_TESTS: "storage_buckets"