ossf / ossf/scorecard

New Check: time to fix security vuln

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Description

It would be nice to be able to provide insight into the time it takes for developers to fix issues, ie how responsive they are. That's not super easy since bugs have various levels or priority (critical vs medium vs etc).

OSV may be a good source of data for this. We could try to mine github data but that seems harder.

@jeffmendoza FYI

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. First clarify whether OSV or mined GitHub data will be the source, how vulnerability priority affects the metric, and what the new check should report; done means a defined, implementable measure of time to fix security vulnerabilities.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
github, go
Domain
analytics, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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