OpenVEX Spec Adds Clarity to Supply Chain Vulnerability Warnings

Chainguard on Tuesday published a draft OpenVEX specification to help software vendors and maintainers communicate precise metadata about the vulnerability status of products directly to end users.The Chainguard specification is an implementation of the NTIA’s VEX (Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange) concept that aims to provide additional information on whether a product is impacted by a specific vulnerability in an included component and, if affected, whether there are actions recomme