The Digital Press

The Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF) completed a four-month security audit of Ruby on Rails, identifying several vulnerabilities and recommendations to improve the framework's security.

Why it matters: Enhancing Ruby on Rails security benefits millions of developers building web applications worldwide.

Audit results: Found 7 security-impacting issues (1 high, 6 low) plus 6 hardening recommendations after extensive threat modeling and manual code review.

The big picture: Rails security has matured significantly, reflecting strong community involvement and ongoing efforts to improve the project's safety.

Commenters say: Users appreciate the low number of vulnerabilities for such a large codebase and request audits for frameworks like Django.