CVE Scanning and Guided Remediation with OSV Scanner

Figure 1. OSV Scanner Security is a critical aspect of software development, and staying ahead of vulnerabilities is essential for us application developers. Google’s OSV Scanner is a powerful tool that helps detect vulnerabilities in open-source dependencies. This article will guide us through setting up and using OSV Scanner to secure our projects, scan for invalid licenses, scan OCI images and finally how to fix findings via guided remediation. ...

March 28, 2025 · 8 min · 1577 words · Micha Kops

Snippets: Getting License Information from the Confluence API

Sometimes one needs to look up license details of a running Confluence system .. perhaps for creating a commercial plugin or to display recommendations dependant from the license used. For this reason there are a few possibilities for receiving some license information from the Confluence API or the velocity context. Note: This article is outdated since the Atlassian Marketplace was launched and a shiny new licensing API was added. Until this article is updated I strongly recommend to take a closer look at the detailed information that Atlassian is providing in the Developer Documentation. ...

May 6, 2010 · 3 min · 637 words · Micha Kops