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Ten represents the completion of a cycle and the beginning of a new one, as there are ten digits in our base-10 number system. We've scanned nearly 140 trillion lines of code, so we can’t help but pick up on the one and the zero in our exciting announcement. It's the tenth publication of the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Application Security Testing (AST), and we are pleased to announce we are a Leader for the tenth consecutive time.

Functional testing is a critical aspect of application development, and it plays an essential role in products being built within the Java ecosystem to ensure they meet their functional requirements and work as intended for the end user. As this method of testing is heavily based on validating “functionality” (i.e., “Does this application work the way we intend it to work?”), it is essential to utilize it throughout the development process.

We have found a new vulnerability in MySQL Connector/J (CVE-2023-21971). Oracle issued a critical path update that fixed the issue on April 18, 2023. The vulnerability was found as part of our collaboration with Google’s OSS-Fuzz.

If you prioritize long-term security and success, you should be analyzing your applications from the inside out. Enter Static Application Security Testing (SAST), a proactive method of identifying and addressing security vulnerabilities in an application’s source code before deployment.

Just recently, our open-source fuzzing engine Jazzer found an Expression DoS vulnerability in Spring (CVE-2023-20861). Now, three weeks later, Jazzer found another similar Expression DoS in the Spring framework, labeled CVE-2023-20863. This new finding has an even higher CVSS score of 7.5 (high), compared to the previous finding which came in at 5.3 (medium).

Security testing is increasingly viewed as an essential part of the software development lifecycle (SDLC). Traditionally, agile software development has focused on development velocity, rapid market feedback, and delivering high quality products and services. However, software that's vulnerable to cyber attacks is not valuable to end users and creates huge risks for both customers and software vendors. This makes it critical to integrate security testing into the software development process.