DependencyTrack / DependencyTrack/dependency-track

Automatic suppresions for vulnerability aliases

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Description

### Current Behavior

Currently, when I suppress a vulnerability/apply a VEX file in a project in DT v5, the suppression is not applied also for aliases of that vulnerability. For example, if suppression is applied to a vulnerability identified by a CVE number, but the vulnerability also have a GitHub identifier, the later one is not suppressed as well.

### Proposed Behavior

When I suppress a vulnerability, I expect also the aliases to be suppressed automatically.

### Checklist

- [x] I have read and understand the [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#filing-issues)
- [x] I have checked the [existing issues](https://github.com/DependencyTrack/dependency-track/issues) for whether this enhancement was already requested

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by tracing how vulnerability suppressions and VEX files are applied in Dependency-Track, then inspect how vulnerability aliases are represented and resolved. Add coverage for a vulnerability identified by one identifier with an additional GitHub alias, and verify that suppressing the vulnerability also suppresses its aliases.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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