While open-source software has enabled significant levels of reuse to speed up software
development, it has also given rise to the dreadful dependency hell that all software …

Libraries play a significant role in software development as they provide reusable
functionality, which helps expedite the development process. As libraries evolve, they …

Vulnerabilities from third-party libraries (TPLs) have been unveiled to threaten the Maven
ecosystem in the long term. Despite patches being released promptly after vulnerabilities …

Abstract As Web APIs evolve, developers assign them version identifiers to reflect the
amount and the nature of changes that the API clients should expect. In this work we focus …

With the increasing disclosure of vulnerabilities in open-source software, software
composition analysis (SCA) has been widely applied to reveal third-party libraries and the …

Modern software applications rely heavily on the usage of libraries, which provide reusable
functionality, to accelerate the development process. As libraries evolve and release new …

Third-party libraries (TPLs) have become an essential component of software, accelerating
development and reducing maintenance costs. However, breaking changes often occur …

Libraries assist in accelerating the development of software applications by providing
reusable functionalities. Libraries and applications that declare these libraries as …

Smart contracts are susceptible to various security issues, among which access control (AC)
vulnerabilities are particularly critical. While existing research has proposed multiple …

Open source software (OSS) licenses regulate the conditions under which OSS can be
legally reused, distributed, and modified. However, a common issue arises when …