This article emphasizes the importance of actively identifying and fixing unpatched or undisclosed vulnerabilities in open source software. It advocates for the role of vulnerability janitors in ensuring security, especially by securing CVE assignments for overlooked issues. #OpenSSF #CVE #OSSVulnerabilities
Keypoints
- Many open source vulnerabilities remain unpatched or undisclosed, creating ongoing security risks.
- Securing a CVE ID is crucial for raising awareness and prompting industry-wide fixes.
- Vulnerability work often involves slow, tedious efforts like follow-up and bureaucracy navigation.
- The author created unCVEed to track and highlight vulnerabilities that should have CVEs but don’t.
- More vulnerability janitors are needed to clean up industry blind spots and improve open source security.