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C003 — OSSRA Vulnerability Prevalence and Growth Rate — Reading List

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  • Open Source Trends from the 2026 OSSRA Report
  • Black Duck (formerly Synopsys) · 2026-02-25
  • Summary of 2026 OSSRA report: 87% vulnerability prevalence, 581 average vulnerabilities per codebase (107% YoY increase), from 947 commercial codebase audits.
  • Why read: Primary source for all three figures in claim C003. Must be read to understand the sampling methodology and caveats around the headline numbers.
  • Open-source vulnerabilities per codebase surge by 107%
  • SC Media (SC World) · 2026-02-26
  • Independent coverage of OSSRA report with expert commentary. Notes median of 78 (vs. 581 mean), Linux Kernel CNA factor, and transitive dependency characterization.
  • Why read: Provides essential independent expert context that the 581 figure is 'largely transitive dependency sprawl' and that the median is only 78.

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