Time is of the essence to mitigate vulnerabilities like the recent Leaky Vessels in order to reduce the chance of the vulnerabilities being exploited by attackers. As noted in Leaky Vessels: Docker and runc container breakout vulnerabilities, “Snyk security researcher Rory McNamara, with the Snyk Security Labs team, identified four vulnerabilities — dubbed "Leaky Vessels"…
Today the Linux Foundation announced the launch of the Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance (PQCA), an open and collaborative initiative to drive the advancement and adoption of post-quantum cryptography. The OpenSSF looks forward to closely collaborating with PQCA, so that high-assurance implementations of post-quantum algorithms will be widely adopted along with the application of other best practices…
The CVE-2023-6246 vulnerability in glibc can allow an attacker to escalate their local unprivileged access to the full root privilege level. CVEs like this highlight the significance of the initiatives that OpenSSF has been championing like Memory Safe Languages, Tools, and Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure.
As the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), our core mission is to safeguard the open source software (OSS) ecosystem and make it more secure. In 2023, we embraced a significant opportunity to further this mission by working with the US government, including its Open-Source Software Security Initiative (OS3I).
The Linux Foundation’s recent research report, titled Maintainer Perspectives on Open Source Software Security, provides valuable insights into the views and practices of OSS maintainers and core contributors. Insights were derived from survey data, and the report features a foreword from Cisco’s Stephen Augustus, a maintainer, contributor, and one of open source’s most active participants.
Are you going to FOSDEM - the biggest open source event in Europe? It can be very overwhelming for anyone new to the event. If you are interested in open source security and policy, there are be some events and talks that you do not want to miss. Here is a survival guide that I…
We’re pleased to announce that gittuf, a security layer for Git repositories, has joined the OpenSSF as a sandbox project. The project is housed under the Supply Chain Integrity Working Group.
We are thrilled to announce that the OpenSSF is hosting SOSS Community Day North America 2024, on April 15, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. This is a one day event co-located with Open Source Summit North America dedicated to Securing Open Source Software (SOSS). The call for proposal (CFP) to speak is currently open.
We are excited to start 2024 by announcing several key election results. OpenSSF Associate Members and General Members and the Community elected their representatives to the Governing Board and we elected a new and expanded Technical Advisory Council (TAC).
As 2023 drew to a close, OpenSSF convened the open source community in Tokyo, Japan, to delve into discussions surrounding the challenges, overarching solutions, ongoing initiatives, and triumphs in fortifying the open source software (OSS) supply chain. Alongside dedicated OpenSSF contributors and thought leaders, we embarked on an in-depth exploration of topics such as security…
