--- title: Vulnerability or Not a Vulnerability? | daily.dev description: The rise of disputed CVEs reveals growing tension between security researchers and open-source maintainers over what constitutes a real vulnerability. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/vulnerability-or-not-a-vulnerability--7nlwcl1io twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Vulnerability or Not a Vulnerability? | daily.dev og:description: The rise of disputed CVEs reveals growing tension between security researchers and open-source maintainers over what constitutes a real vulnerability. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/vulnerability-or-not-a-vulnerability--7nlwcl1io og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7NlWCL1Io.png og:image:alt: Vulnerability or Not a Vulnerability? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Vulnerability or Not a Vulnerability? **[JFrog](https://daily.dev/sources/jfrog)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The rise of disputed CVEs reveals growing tension between security researchers and open-source maintainers over what constitutes a real vulnerability. The CVE-2023-42282 case involving the 'ip' npm package exemplifies this conflict: researchers flagged a critical vulnerability in IP address verification functions, while the maintainer argued the risk was theoretical and depended on unsafe usage patterns. AI-generated vulnerability reports have worsened the noise, leading projects like curl to end bug bounty programs. The debate centers on a fundamental question: should maintainers design libraries to be foolproof against all misuse, or do developers bear responsibility for validating inputs and understanding risks when integrating open-source code? ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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