FAQ-000832 - External Platform Security / External Dependencies and Libraries

To resolve these vulnerabilities: ### **Insecure Software Version** - Test and deploy security patches for any known vulnerabilities as soon as they're available. - If the vulnerabilities are unrelated to your use case, prepare false positive documentation to justify their irrelevance. - Avoid using outdated or unsupported software versions. ### **Open Redirect** - Validate all user-controlled parameter values used in redirects. - Use hardcoded redirects or ensure that the return URL starts with a forward slash to prevent unvalidated redirects. - Implement allowlisting or other validation mechanisms to ensure redirects stay within the intended ecosystem.

Made minimal clarifying improvements to enhance readability and accuracy without changing the core content or structure. Changed 'they are available' to 'they're available' for more conversational tone per brand guidelines. Changed 'whitelisting' to 'allowlisting' to use more inclusive terminology that's becoming standard in security documentation. These changes improve clarity while preserving all existing points and information. Selected security rules that directly relate to the FAQ content: - ApexOpenRedirect: Directly relates to the 'Open Redirect' section which discusses validating user-controlled parameters in redirects and preventing unvalidated redirects - LibraryWithKnownCriticalSeverityVulnerability, LibraryWithKnownHighSeverityVulnerability, LibraryWithKnownMediumSeverityVulnerability, LibraryWithKnownLowSeverityVulnerability: All relate to the 'Insecure Software Version' section which discusses deploying security patches for known vulnerabilities and avoiding outdated software versions