RustVMM Security Audit with OSTIF is Complete!

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…

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Bugs? Search Me!- OpenSearch Security Audit Completed!

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…

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OSTIF collaborates with the Envoy Team to further improve security posture.

Envoy, the open source edge and service proxy designed for cloud-native applications, worked with OSTIF and X41 D-Sec to help improve the project’s security posture. The multi-phased engagement, sponsored by Google, focused first on the triaging and closing of bugs, then upon further improving the core fuzzers that continually monitor…

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Our Audit of libjpeg-turbo is Complete!

OSTIF and X41 are excited to announce the completion of our security audit of libjpeg-turbo! X-41 DSec and OSTIF collaborated in May of 2023 on a source code audit of libjpeg-turbo, the accelerated JPEG image decoding software.  The audit’s emphasis was on reviewing input validation, memory management practices, and analysis…

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Our audit of in-toto is complete!

In collaboration with X41 and in-toto, OSTIF is pleased to announce the publication of our audit of in-toto’s source code. In-toto, which has implementations in Python and Go, is a framework software for supply chain security. Integrating security and transparency through the entire process of application, in-toto’s holistic view of…

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Our Audit of SimpleJSON is complete!

OSTIF is pleased to announce that another audit has reached publication! A security audit of simplejson’s source code was conducted in collaboration with X41.  Found during the audit process were one medium and two low severity issues, as well as nine more informational issues. In addition, custom differential fuzzing harnesses…

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Our Audit of Python-TUF is Complete. Multiple Issues Found and Fixed

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…

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