# osv-open-source-vulnerabilities

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/osv-open-source-vulnerabilities
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/osv-open-source-vulnerabilities.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/osv-open-source-vulnerabilities/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://github.io
- **Slug:** osv-open-source-vulnerabilities
- **Categories:** cybersecurity

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Aggregates vulnerability databases adopting the OpenSSF Vulnerability format, provides infrastructure for accurate affected version representation through bisection and version analysis, and focuses on helping developers prioritize genuine risks.
Source: Brand's website (https://github.io) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** OSV enables developers to identify known third-party open source dependency vulnerabilities that pose genuine risk to their application and its environment, so they can focus remediation efforts on the vulnerabilities that matter and sustainably manage vulnerabilities that do not affect them.
Source: Brand's website (https://github.io) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - OSV.dev (an aggregator of vulnerability databases
  - API
  - and infrastructure for bisection and version analysis); OSV-Scanner (a first-party tool leveraging OSV.dev’s data).
Source: Brand's website (https://github.io) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Free, open-source project and platform.
Source: Brand's website (https://github.io) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Developers, software development teams, and organizations that utilize open-source dependencies and need to manage their security vulnerabilities.
Source: Brand's website (https://github.io) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.