ZTD$_{JAVA}$: Mitigating Software Supply Chain Vulnerabilities via Zero-Trust Dependencies

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.14117v2
• Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:34:20 GMT
• Title: ZTD$_{JAVA}$: Mitigating Software Supply Chain Vulnerabilities via Zero-Trust Dependencies
• Authors: Paschal C. Amusuo, Kyle A. Robinson, Tanmay Singla, Huiyun Peng, Aravind Machiry, Santiago Torres-Arias, Laurent Simon, James C. Davis,
• Abstract summary: Third-party software components like Log4J accelerate software application development but introduce substantial risk. This paper proposes applying the NIST Zero Trust Architecture to software applications. We present a system design, ZTDSYS, that enables the application of Zero Trust Dependencies to software applications and a prototype, ZTDJAVA, for Java applications.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Third-party software components like Log4J accelerate software application development but introduce substantial risk. These components have led to many software supply chain attacks. These attacks succeed because third-party software components are implicitly trusted in an application. Although several security defenses exist to reduce the risks from third-party software components, none of them fulfills the full set of requirements needed to defend against common attacks. No individual solution prevents malicious access to operating system resources, is dependency-aware, and enables the discovery of least privileges, all with low runtime costs. Consequently, they cannot prevent software supply chain attacks. This paper proposes applying the NIST Zero Trust Architecture to software applications. Our Zero Trust Dependencies concept applies the NIST ZTA principles to an application's dependencies. First, we assess the expected effectiveness and feasibility of Zero Trust Dependencies using a study of third-party software components and their vulnerabilities. Then, we present a system design, ZTDSYS, that enables the application of Zero Trust Dependencies to software applications and a prototype, ZTDJAVA, for Java applications. Finally, with evaluations on recreated vulnerabilities and realistic applications, we show that ZTDJAVA can defend against prevalent vulnerability classes, introduces negligible cost, and is easy to configure and use.

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