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Aikido offers a catalog of packages that solve security issues in versions of packages that are no longer maintained.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:

• CVE-2019-17571 - remote code execution

• CVE-2020-9493 - malicious code execution

• CVE-2022-23305 - SQL injection

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, Python and PHP. Supported packages are listed below:

JavaScript

angular angular-resource angular-sanitize angular-translate bigint-buffer bootstrap braces cookie copy-anything crypto-js devalue expr-eval express express-jwt form-data formidable i18next ip jsonpath-plus jsonpointer jsonwebtoken jspdf knex lodash lodash.template marked mongodb mongoose multer mysql2 next node-forge pdfjs-dist picocolors pug pug-code-gen quill request rollup sentry-browser ssr-window tough-cookie undici vue vue-template-compiler

Java

com.google.guava:guava com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java com.lowagie:itext com.querydsl:querydsl-jpa com.squareup.okio:okio commons-httpclient:commons-httpclient dom4j:dom4j log4j:log4j org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-aws org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-hdfs-httpfs org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-openstack org.apache.hive.shims:hive-shims-0.23 org.apache.hive.shims:hive-shims-common org.apache.hive:hive-druid-handler org.apache.hive:hive-exec org.apache.hive:hive-llap-common org.apache.hive:hive-llap-server org.apache.hive:hive-serde org.apache.hive:hive-service org.apache.hive:hive-service-rpc org.apache.hive:hive-shims org.apache.hive:hive-testutils org.apache.hive:hive-vector-code-gen org.apache.hive:spark-client org.apache.thrift:libthrift org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-jasper org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote org.apache.velocity:velocity org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl org.json:json org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf org.springframework:spring-aspects org.springframework:spring-beans org.springframework:spring-context org.springframework:spring-core org.springframework:spring-expression org.springframework:spring-instrument org.springframework:spring-instrument-tomcat org.springframework:spring-messaging org.springframework:spring-web org.springframework:spring-webflux org.springframework:spring-webmvc org.springframework:spring-websocket org.yaml:snakeyaml

Python

anyio cryptography django flask flask-cors future gunicorn idna jinja2 pillow pymongo pypdf setuptools statsmodels torch urllib3 waitress werkzeug

PHP

laravel/framework livewire/livewire symfony/process