A podcast episode featuring Isaac Wuest from HeroDevs discussing the security risks of End-of-Life (EOL) open source dependencies. Key topics include: why CVEs fail to capture risks from abandoned or EOL packages, the distinction between maintainer-attested EOL and maintainer abandonment, how compliance frameworks like HIPAA and PCI are affected, the EU Cyber Resilience Act's implications for software manufacturers, and practical tools like endoflife.date and eoldataset.com for identifying EOL exposure in dependency trees. The conversation highlights that most security scanning tools still lack robust coverage of maintainer abandonment, leaving a significant blind spot for enterprises managing hundreds of dependencies.
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