At Least One Open-Source Vulnerability Found in 84% of Code Bases

Apurva Venkat, *CSO Online*, 23 Feb 2023, via ACM TechNews, 27 Feb 2023

Researchers at application security company Synopsys found 84% of 1,481
analyzed commercial and proprietary code bases contained at least one known
open-source vulnerability, while 48% contained high-risk vulnerabilities.
The researchers observed a 4% increase in the number of known open-source
vulnerabilities between 2021 and 2022. They also found 91% of the code bases
had outdated versions of open-source elements, meaning available patches had
not been implemented. The …

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