Original Post: A deep dive into Semgrep Supply Chain
The content discusses the goals and challenges of an Application Security (AppSec) supply chain program, focusing on minimizing exploitability and dealing with numerous dependencies and advisories. The main challenges cited include the inefficiency of existing tools that create a significant workload without effectively prioritizing the most critical and reachable vulnerabilities.
The author highlights that a successful AppSec supply chain program should achieve “inbox zero” for high/critical vulnerabilities but acknowledges that achieving it is often difficult. Traditional methods like upgrading all dependencies are impractical at scale, and existing tools often fail to focus on reachable vulnerabilities, leading to a significant amount of noise. Studies indicate that most open-source vulnerabilities are not reachable, with some ecosystems having less than 2% of vulnerabilities being actionable.
The article then introduces Semgrep Supply Chain, a solution that streamlines dependency management by focusing on reachable vulnerabilities using automated detection and high-confidence rules. This approach promises to reduce the workload and make achieving “inbox zero” feasible by prioritizing significant, exploitable issues.
The conclusion reiterates the challenges of traditional dependency management and emphasizes the streamlined efficiency of using Semgrep Supply Chain, which aims to save time and effort, allowing AppSec engineers to focus on more critical tasks while maintaining effective security measures. The author encourages readers to learn more and engage with Semgrep’s community.
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