dependency-management
Safeguard articles tagged "dependency-management" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
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Go Dependency Management Security: go.mod Hygiene That Actually Reduces Risk
Minimal version selection, indirect dependencies, replace directives, and the update cadence nobody documents. A practical guide to keeping your Go dependency graph both current and trustworthy.
JavaScript Dependency Vulnerability Scanning: Beyond npm audit
npm audit tells you a CVE exists somewhere in your tree — not whether it can hurt you. Here is how dependency scanning really works, why reachability changes everything, and how to build a signal-rich program.
Dependency Management Best Practices for Secure Software
Your app is mostly other people's code. A 2026 guide to managing dependencies securely — lockfiles, provenance, SBOMs, update strategy, and reachability — so a bad package doesn't become your breach.
Dependency Management: Frequently Asked Questions
A practical FAQ on managing software dependencies in 2026 — direct vs transitive, lockfiles, semantic versioning, safe updates, dependency confusion, and keeping trees clean.
Gradle Dependency Security: Locking, Verification, and Version Catalogs
Secure Gradle builds in 2026 with dependency locking, cryptographic dependency verification, version catalogs, and reachability-aware CVE scanning.
How to Get Into Software Supply Chain Security
Software supply chain security is one of the hottest specialties in the field—and one of the least crowded. Here is how students and career-changers can break into it, from the core concepts to a portfolio that stands out.
How to Fix a Vulnerable Transitive Dependency in npm
The CVE is four levels deep in a package you never installed. Four escalating fixes — parent upgrade, npm update, overrides, and forking — with the exact commands.
Maven Dependency Security: Pinning, Verification, and Scanning
How to secure a Maven build in 2026 — pin versions, enforce convergence, verify artifacts, and scan the transitive tree that pom.xml never shows you.
CVE-2020-11022: XSS in jQuery via htmlPrefilter
CVE-2020-11022 lets attacker-controlled HTML bypass sanitization via jQuery's htmlPrefilter, enabling XSS in versions before 3.5.0. Impact, timeline, and fixes.
Auto-triage rules for Dependabot pull requests at scale
Dependabot floods teams with PRs, but not every alert deserves equal attention. Here's how auto-triage rules cut noise at scale, and where GHAS falls short.
npm-check-updates: A Safe Dependency Upgrade Workflow
npm check updates (ncu) shows you every dependency with a newer version than your ranges allow. The tool is simple; the workflow around it is what keeps upgrades from breaking prod.
spring-web Maven Dependency: Known CVEs and How to Stay Patched
The spring-web Maven artifact pulls a lot of transitive weight and has been at the center of high-profile RCE bugs. Here is what to watch and how to keep it patched.
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