How open source C++ code can introduce security risks

This article explains how open source C/C++ components introduce security risks into the software supply chain—highlighting issues like buffer overflows, null-pointer errors, and dependency complexities—and describes attack targets (dependencies, CI/CD pipelines, pipeline dependencies) with examples such as the Glibc bug and the Codecov breach; it concludes by recommending automated vulnerability scanning (e.g., Snyk Open Source) to detect and remediate vulnerabilities in C/C++ projects.