CVE Lite CLI: Open source dependency scanner adds override auditing to combat supply chain attacks
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Thomas Claburn
Summary
The article covers the CVE Lite CLI, a free open source dependency scanner endorsed by OWASP that helps reduce software supply chain attack risks. It runs locally and provides actionable vulnerability fixes. The tool's recent update includes override auditing, which helps prevent transitive dependency vulnerabilities like the March 2022 node-ipc package incident. The piece discusses how package dependencies can create hard-to-find vulnerabilities and positions CVE Lite CLI as a practical solution for JavaScript developers.
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bskyCVE Lite CLI: Open source dependency scanner adds override auditing to combat supply chain attackstheregister.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledThe JavaScript development ecosystem may be a security nightmare, but it's also ripe for improvement.
Package dependencies can create vulnerabilities that are fiendishly hard to find and stamp out
The tool, endorsed by OWASP, has recently been updated to include override auditing, which has the potential to avert transitive dependency vulnerabilities
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