A scanning tool that maintains a catalog of published security advisories is well-suited for identifying known vulnerabilities in external modules and frameworks. Manual research can overlook certain updates, runtime-based methods may not catch each outdated dependency, and open port identification does not confirm issues in code imports. Using a maintained database of known flaws offers a high level of accuracy in discovering insecure versions of third-party code.
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