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Show the severity of the CVE if available
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Description
It was requested we show the severity of the CVEs mentioned in the scan results for the Package Vulnerability Scanner.
We get this from Posit Package Manager but it is formatted as CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N so we will need to include an explanation of what that severity means.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the Package Vulnerability Scanner implementation and the scan-results display that receives CVE data from Posit Package Manager. Trace how the CVSS string is presented, then define the severity explanation and verify that results with and without severity remain understandable.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- r
- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100