Its a piece of software that another piece of software uses to function. Usually provides ready-made solutions, saving development time
Your Project
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|-- Direct Dependency: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore
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|-- Transitive Dependency: Microsoft.Extensions.Logging
|-- Transitive Dependency: System.ComponentModel.Annotations
Your Project
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|--- Direct Dependency: Moq (v4.20.0 or v4.20.1)
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|--- Transitive Vulnerability: Email exfiltration process
These tools are built into each package ecosystem and are designed to work specifically within those ecosystems.
Ecosystem | Identify Vulnerabilities | Upgrade Packages |
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Node.js (npm) | npm audit |
npm install <package_name>@latest |
.NET | dotnet list package --vulnerable |
dotnet add package <package_name> |
Python (PyPI) | safety check or pip-audit |
pip install --upgrade <package_name> |
They work across different ecosystems. Helps in identifying outdated or insecure dependencies and suggest updates.
They provide more advanced capabilities, including complete inventory of all software components in a system, and identifying and managing security vulnerabilities, license risks in your code.
Integrated Application Security Platforms: Tools like Synopsys Blackduck and Checkmarx offer advanced capabilities, identifying outdated or insecure dependencies and suggesting updates. Listing License risks on dependencies of your dependencies.
Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) Tools: Tools like CycloneDX, SPDX, and SWID provide a complete inventory of all software components in a system, helping manage dependencies at a larger scale.
You know what to do now.
Questions? 🤔
End or presentation
Features | Dependabot | Renovatebot |
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Support for Azure DevOps | Yes (GitHub Advanced Security as of September 20, 2023) | Yes |
Cost for Azure DevOps | $49 per active committer per month | Free |
Configuration Options | Limited | More, allowing for greater flexibility |
Vulnerable Package Detection | Yes | Yes (backed by osv.dev ) |
Both are excellent tools for dependency management. However, in the context of Azure DevOps, Renovatebot may provide a more seamless and customizable experience.