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The Hidden Dangers of Component VulnerabilitiesThe Hidden Dangers of Component Vulnerabilities
Dangerous flaws in open source components and dependencies lurk within most applications today.
Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer
April 21, 2017
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It's been four years since OWASP first put third-party vulnerability risks squarely on the appsec map when it included the problem in its Top 10 list. But in that time, the risk has only grown as increasingly more applications today depend heavily on open-source libraries, frameworks, and other components, all with their own vulnerabilities.
It's a very large attack surface for applications today and one which has increased chances of security headaches. Here are some of the latest stats on this hidden problem.
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