OWASP A03:2025: Why Supply Chain Security Is Now Ranked #3 (and What Operators Must Do)
A Wake-Up Call for Operators When OWASP first introduced “Using Known Vulnerable Components” back in 2013, it was a developer problem. Fast forward to 2025, and A03:2025 – Software Supply Chain Failures has become an operator’s nightmare. This category, now ranked #3 in the OWASP Top 10 (and #1 in the community survey), reflects how deeply our production environments rely on a sprawling, fragile, and opaque software supply chain. As an operator, I don’t just deploy code — I deploy trust. Every library, base image, CI/CD action, and IDE extension is part of that trust chain. When any one of them fails, it’s not just a bug — it’s a breach. ...