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C003 — OSSRA Vulnerability Figures: Accurate but Contextual — Reading List

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  • Open-source vulnerabilities per codebase surge by 107%
  • SC World staff · February 26, 2026
  • SC World reports on the 2026 OSSRA findings: 87% of codebases contained at least one vulnerability, average of 581 vulnerabilities per codebase, 107% year-over-year increase driven by codebase complexity growth.
  • Why read: Most detailed publicly available coverage of the OSSRA 2026 report with the contextual data (codebase growth, component growth, Linux kernel CNA impact) needed to present the 107% increase honestly.
  • NIST Updates NVD Operations to Address Record CVE Growth
  • NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) · April 15, 2026
  • NIST announces operational changes to NVD due to 263% increase in CVE submissions between 2020-2025.
  • Why read: Authoritative US government data quantifying CVE database expansion (263% over 5 years) — essential context for explaining why per-codebase vulnerability counts increased 107% without proportional security degradation.

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