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Building Confidence and Trust in AI-Generated Code
To tackle the accountability and ownership challenge accompanying AI-generated code, we are introducing Sonar AI Code Assurance
Apache Kylin 3.0.1 Command Injection Vulnerability
We discovered a severe command injection vulnerability in Apache Kylin that allows malicious users to execute arbitrary OS commands.
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SonarSource acquires RIPS Technologies
Teams will be joining forces in building best-in-class Static Application Security Testing (SAST) products that help development teams and organizations deliver more secure software.
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Exploiting Hibernate Injections
Hibernate is among one of the most commonly found database libraries used in Java web applications, shipping with its own query language. This technical post will teach you how to detect and exploit Hibernates very own vulnerability: The HQL Injection.
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What is 'taint analysis' and why do I care?
In large systems, finding the bad actors is easier said than done. First you have to find all the places you accept data from users, and then you have to sanitize the data before you use it. The hard part is making sure you've found all the sources of user data and intervened before any kind of use. That's where taint analysis comes in.
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The state of the copyleft license
In this post, I want to go a little deeper into one important type of license: those that require sharing of modifications under certain conditions, often called “copyleft” or “reciprocal” licenses
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WordPress <= 5.2.3: Hardening Bypass
This blog post details an authenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in the WordPress core that bypasses hardening mechanisms. The vulnerability is present in the WordPress core in versions prior to 5.2.4
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Clean as You Code: How to win at Code Quality without even trying
Analyzing a legacy project can be overwhelming. Learn how to Clean as You Code to make sure that the code you release into production tomorrow is at least as good as - and probably better than! - the code that's in production today.
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Bit Rot: the silent killer
Your code is rotting right now. Every day, each one of your production services, internal tools, and open source libraries decays a little bit.
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Package management: a brief history
Application developers today are used to relying on and pulling in a number of open source libraries to help them focus on the functionality that’s important to their business.
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The simple magic of package manifests and lockfiles
If you aren’t using open source components to build your apps, you’re not living in 2019. Our research suggests 92% of professional applications are built using open source.
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Backend SQL Injection in BigTree CMS 4.4.6
BigTree is a small content management system which does not depend on many frameworks and advertises itself as user friendly and developer ready. In this blog post, we will take a look at a few vulnerabilities we have detected in the codebase of BigTree.
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