Software Composition
Securexocean's software composition analysis service delivers a comprehensive assessment of open-source components, third-party libraries, and dependencies embedded in your applications — identifying known vulnerabilities, license compliance risks, and supply chain exposure across your software stack.
SERVICE INTRODUCTION
Modern applications are built on open-source foundations. The average enterprise application contains hundreds of open-source components, each carrying its own vulnerability history and licensing obligations.
Securexocean's SCA service identifies every open-source component and third-party dependency in your codebase, maps each to its known vulnerability record, assesses exploitability in your specific application context, and identifies license compliance obligations carrying legal risk if unmanaged.
THREAT LANDSCAPE
Open-source supply chain attacks have increased substantially. Threat actors target widely used libraries knowing a single compromised dependency affects every application built on it.
Development teams rarely have complete visibility into their dependency tree, including transitive dependencies. Organizations handling regulated data face compounded risk when vulnerable dependencies exist in production systems.
RISKS ADDRESSED
Known CVEs in direct open-source dependencies with CVSS scores and exploitability assessment
Transitive dependency vulnerabilities in components pulled indirectly by direct dependencies
Outdated and unmaintained libraries with no active security patching or community support
Malicious packages introduced through typosquatting and dependency confusion attacks
License compliance risks including GPL, AGPL, and LGPL obligations affecting commercial distribution
Deprecated cryptographic libraries with known weaknesses embedded in dependencies
Components with publicly available exploit code elevating exploitation probability
Missing or incomplete dependency inventory creating blind spots in supply chain visibility
Application languages, package managers, build systems, and repository access defined. NDA executed before repository access or dependency manifests are shared.
Comprehensive enumeration of all direct and transitive dependencies using manifest analysis and binary scanning where source is unavailable. Full dependency graph produced across all package managers in use.
Each dependency mapped against NVD, CVE, GitHub Security Advisories, and vendor bulletins. CVSS scores assigned and exploitability assessed within your application's specific usage context.
License identification for each dependency and assessment of obligations relevant to your software distribution model. Conflicts between license types and commercial distribution requirements identified.
Critical and high severity findings manually reviewed to confirm exploitability and eliminate false positives. Prioritized report delivered with remediation recommendations and SBOM output in CycloneDX or SPDX format.
TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
Our team uses SCA platforms supporting major package managers including npm, Maven, pip, Gradle, NuGet, Composer, and RubyGems, binary analysis tools for dependency identification without source code, vulnerability database integrations covering NVD and OSV, license identification engines, and SBOM generation tools producing CycloneDX and SPDX output. All high and critical findings are manually reviewed before inclusion in the final report.
Executive summary covering dependency security posture for technical leadership
Full dependency inventory with version information, license classification, and vulnerability status
Vulnerability findings with CVE references, CVSS scores, exploitability assessment, and safe upgrade versions
License compliance report identifying obligations and conflicts relevant to your distribution model
Prioritized remediation plan ranked by exploitability, severity, and compliance relevance
CI/CD integration guidance for continuous dependency monitoring across development releases
BUSINESS IMPACT
A critical vulnerability in a widely used dependency can expose your application to remote code execution or data disclosure affecting every customer simultaneously. For SaaS and fintech organizations, a single exploited dependency can trigger breach notification obligations and contractual penalties disproportionate to the remediation effort required. Enterprise procurement processes increasingly require software bill of materials and evidence of dependency vulnerability management as conditions of supplier approval. Organizations unable to produce SBOM documentation face growing commercial friction in enterprise sales cycles regardless of overall security posture.
COMPLIANCE RELEVANCE
Control A.8.8 requires vulnerability management across all software components including third-party and open-source dependencies.
Requirements 6.2 and 6.3 mandate secure development practices and vulnerability identification across all software components in cardholder data environments.
Vulnerable dependencies in healthcare applications create regulatory exposure when exploited to access electronic protected health information.
Mandates SBOM for software supplied to US federal agencies. CycloneDX and SPDX output directly satisfies this requirement.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Enterprise-grade VAPT, GRC advisory, compliance consulting, and AI-assisted threat management for modern businesses.
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