OASIS Common Security Advisory Framework (CSAF) TC
Standardizing automated disclosure of cybersecurity vulnerability issues
Omar Santos, osantos@cisco.com, Chair
Rhonda Levy, rhlevy@cisco.com, Secretary
Table of Contents
- Announcements
- Overview
- Officers
- Subcommittees
- TC Liaisons
- TC Tools and Approved Publications
- Technical Work Produced by the Committee
- OASIS TC Open Repositories Sponsored by the Committee
- Expository Work Produced by the Committee
- External Resources
- Mailing Lists and Comments
- Press Coverage and Commentary
- Additional Information
Common Security Advisory Framework Version 2.0 OASIS Standard is now published. For details, see the announcement.
The press release announcing the approval of CSAF v2.0 as an OASIS Standard is available now. You can read it here.
Common Security Advisory Framework v2.0 Committee Specification 03 has been approved and published. See the details in the announcement.
Common Security Advisory Framework v2.0 Committee Specification 02 has been approved and published. See the details in the announcement
Common Security Advisory Framework v2.0 is now approved as an OASIS Committee Specification. See the details in the announcement.
CSAF Common Vulnerability Reporting Framework (CVRF) V1.2 is approved as an OASIS Committee Specification. For details, see the announcement.
See press release: OASIS Awards 2017 Open Standards Cup to TOSCA for Cloud Portability and to CSAF for Cybersecurity Disclosure
Participation in the OASIS CSAF TC is open to all interested parties. Contact join@oasis-open.org for more information.
The OASIS CSAF Technical Committee is chartered to make a major revision to the Common Vulnerability Reporting Framework (CVRF) under a new name for the framework that reflects the primary purpose: a Common Security Advisory Framework (CSAF). TC deliverables are designed standardize existing practice in structured machine-readable vulnerability-related advisories and further refine those standards over time.
For more information on the CSAF TC, see the TC Charter.
- Chair: Omar Santos ( Cisco)
No subcommittees have been formed for this TC.
No TC Liaisons have been announced for this TC.
TC Tools and Approved Publications
Technical Work Produced by the Committee
Common Security Advisory Framework Version 2.0. Edited by Langley Rock, Stefan Hagen, and Thomas Schmidt. 18 November 2022. OASIS Standard. https://docs.oasis-open.org/csaf/csaf/v2.0/os/csaf-v2.0-os.html. Latest stage: https://docs.oasis-open.org/csaf/csaf/v2.0/csaf-v2.0.html.
Common Security Advisory Framework Version 2.0. Edited by Langley Rock, Stefan Hagen, and Thomas Schmidt. 01 August 2022. OASIS Committee Specification 03. https://docs.oasis-open.org/csaf/csaf/v2.0/cs03/csaf-v2.0-cs03.html. Latest stage: https://docs.oasis-open.org/csaf/csaf/v2.0/csaf-v2.0.html.
Common Security Advisory Framework Version 2.0. Edited by Langley Rock, Stefan Hagen, and Thomas Schmidt. 29 June 2022. OASIS Committee Specification 02. https://docs.oasis-open.org/csaf/csaf/v2.0/cs02/csaf-v2.0-cs02.html. Latest stage: https://docs.oasis-open.org/csaf/csaf/v2.0/csaf-v2.0.html
Common Security Advisory Framework Version 2.0. Edited by Langley Rock, Stefan Hagen, and Thomas Schmidt. 12 November 2021. OASIS Committee Specification 01. https://docs.oasis-open.org/csaf/csaf/v2.0/cs01/csaf-v2.0-cs01.html. Latest stage: https://docs.oasis-open.org/csaf/csaf/v2.0/csaf-v2.0.html.“CSAF Common Vulnerability Reporting Framework (CVRF) Version 1.2” Committee Specification 01. 13 September 2017, Formats: HTML, PDF (Authoritative).
OASIS TC Open Repositories Sponsored by the Committee
- csaf-documentation: GitHub repository for management of non-normative information about the work of the CSAF Technical Committee, including documentation
- csaf-parser: CSAF Parser tool for parsing and checking the syntax of the Common Vulnerability Reporting Framework (CVRF) content
Expository Work Produced by the Committee
There are no approved expository work products for this TC yet.
Although not produced by the OASIS CSAF TC, the following information offers useful insights into its work.
External resources have not yet been identified.
csaf: the discussion list used by TC members to conduct Committee work. TC membership is required to post, and TC members are automatically subscribed. The public may view the OASIS list archives, also mirrored by MarkLogic at MarkMail.org.
csaf-comment: a public mailing list for providing feedback on the technical work of the OASIS CSAF TC. Send a comment or view the OASIS comment list archives, also mirrored by MarkLogic at MarkMail.org.
- CSAF Is the Future of Vulnerability Management; 14 December 2022.
- New Version of CSAF Standard from OASIS Provides Vulnerability Exploitability Exchange and Enhances the Security for Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs) Ecosystem; 21 November 2022.
- OASIS Awards 2017 Open Standards Cup to TOSCA for Cloud Portability and to CSAF for Cybersecurity Disclosure; 14 Aug 2017
- OASIS Advances Standard for Automated Disclosure of Cybersecurity Vulnerability Issues; Cisco, EclecticIQ, FireEye, Hitachi, IBM, Intel, LookingGlass, NIST, NC4, Oracle, Red Hat, SafeNet, TELUS, VeriSign, Center for Internet Security, CERT/CC, US DHS, and Others Define Common Security Advisory Framework (CSAF); 17 Jan 2017
- ICASI Transfers Development of Security Open Standard to OASIS; 16 Nov 2016
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