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Autofix for Open Source Deps: Extended Lifetime Support

Updating to the latest version of an open source dependency can be a difficult task as breaking changes require application changes. When updating to the latest version of a package is not a viable option, you can stay secure by using hardened libraries or Aikido's Extended Lifetime Support (ELS).

Aikido offers a catalog of packages that solve security issues in versions of packages that are no longer maintained. These packages are drop-in replacements and don't require application changes.

For example the 1.x versions of log4j have been out of maintenance since 2015, but are still used in many projects. Updating these projects to log4j 2.x is infeasible in many cases. 1.2.17 is the latest 1.x version of log4j, it contains the following critical CVEs:

Our ELS version of log4j 1.2.17 fixes these critical CVEs without introducing breaking changes.

The ELS packages are created by TuxCare. TuxCare specializes in End-Of-Life security and ports patches to unmaintained versions of packages.

AutoFix for Open Source Dependencies

Aikido AutoFix for open source dependencies will automatically propose an upgrade to an ELS version where available. This is visible on the AutoFix dependency overview screen. The Java ELS packages are hosted on maven.aikido.io.

In order to then upgrade to the ELS version, you need to select this option in the AutoFix creation modal.

Availability

ELS packages are currently available for Java, JavaScript and Python. Supported packages are listed below

JavaScript

angular bootstrap braces copy-anything crypto-js express-jwt form-data formidable i18next ip jsonpath-plus jsonwebtoken jspdf lodash lodash.template marked mongodb multer mysql2 picocolors quill request rollup sentry-browser ssr-window tough-cookie undici vue-template-compiler webpack

Java

com.google.guava:guava com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java com.squareup.okio:okio commons-httpclient:commons-httpclient dom4j:dom4j log4j:log4j org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common org.apache.hive:hive-exec org.apache.thrift:libthrift org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina org.apache.velocity:velocity org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator org.springframework:spring-webmvc org.yaml:snakeyaml

Python

anyio cryptography django flask future gunicorn idna jinja2 pillow pymongo setuptools statsmodels waitress werkzeug

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