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How fast does a new advisory reach your vulnerability scanner?
A new advisory reaches your scanner only after it is published, ingested, reviewed and matched to your inventory. Here are the delays to ask about.
Oct 19, 20263 min read
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How fast do you patch open source vulnerabilities? Answering honestly
Customers ask for patch timelines. Answer with severity tiers, exposure and exceptions rather than one promise you cannot keep. Includes sample wording.
Oct 19, 20263 min read
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How does the Chrome Web Store review extensions?
Chrome Web Store review checks policy compliance with manual and automated systems, looks harder at broad permissions and can recheck later. What it means.
Oct 19, 20263 min read
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How does a vulnerability scanner work, stage by stage?
A vulnerability scanner works in six stages: inventory, matching, enrichment, prioritization, reporting and remediation handoff. See what each stage does.
Oct 19, 20264 min read
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How does a scanner know a finding is the same as last week's?
Scanners track finding identity with fingerprints built from stable fields, then label results new, unchanged, updated or absent. See how that works.
Oct 19, 20263 min read
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How does a scanner find reflected XSS, step by step?
A scanner finds reflected XSS by listing inputs, sending marked test values and reading how the response encodes them. The steps, and where it gets fooled.
Oct 19, 20264 min read
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How does a scanner decide your version is affected?
A scanner checks ecosystem, package name, version range, withdrawn status and aliases before it flags a component. Walk through the five checks.
Oct 19, 20264 min read
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How does a scanner decide that your version is affected?
Scanners compare your package version to affected ranges in advisory data. How ranges work, where comparisons fail, and why that can cause a miss.
Oct 19, 20263 min read
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How does a scanner choose the fix version to suggest?
A scanner picks the lowest version past the fixed event that still satisfies your constraints. Learn how it works and why the suggestion can be wrong.
Oct 19, 20264 min read
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