OSTIF is proud to share the results of our security audit of OpenSSL. OpenSSL is a commercial-grade cryptographic communications open source library. With the help of Trail of Bits and the OpenSSL project, this project will run more securely for those looking to perform various SSL-related tasks. Audit highlights: This…
OSTIF is proud to share the results of our security audit of Boost. Boost is an open source provider of free portable C++ source libraries. The project aims to establish a benchmark to provide reference implementations for future C++ standards. With the help of Shielder and Amazon Web Services, Boost…
OSTIF is proud to share the results of our security audit of Kuksa. Kuksa.val is an open source vehicle abstraction layer. With the help of Quarkslab and the Eclipse Foundation, this project will continue to provide in-vehicle software components for users working with in-vehicle signals in a secure and efficient…
OSTIF is proud to share the results of our security audit of cURL HTTP/3. cURL is an open source command line tool and library, the most widely used HTTP client software in the world. This engagement was for the new components of HTTP/3 in cURL. With the help of Trail…
The Drupal project partnered with OSTIF for a series of audits on key technology to support supply chain security for automatic updates. Specifically, the PHP-TUF client-side library and its server-side Rugged counterpart underwent a security audit by Include Security organized by OSTIF. The Update Framework (or “TUF”) is a cryptographically-secure…
OSTIF is pleased to announce the completion of a security audit of the open source project RustVMM in collaboration with X-41 D-Sec GmbH, with funding by Amazon Web Services. The project offers crates to build customized Virtual Machine Monitors (thus, VMM), which can be vulnerable to malicious actors through its…
OSTIF and X41-Dsec collaborated with OpenSearch on a security audit on v. 2.8.0 of the open source search engine. As a search engine, this project handles sensitive data and therefore security is of utmost importance to project users, maintainers, and community. The main objective of this security audit was to…
This summer, over four engineer weeks, Trail of Bits and OSTIF collaborated on a security audit of DragonFly. A CNCF Incubating Project, DragonFly functions as file distribution for peer-to-peer technologies. Included in the scope was the sub-project Nydus’s repository that works in image distribution. The engagement was outlined and framed…
Results of Git Security Audit Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF) is thrilled to announce the results of a security audit and threat model for git. Git is the world's most widely used version control system, and it underpins not only open source, but the vast majority of public and…
Open Source Technology Improvement Fund is thrilled to report the results of another security audit. Python-TUF is a reference implementation written in Python for The Update Framework (TUF); a framework for secure content delivery and updates. The primary result of the work is one medium and four low-severity issues. Details…