Popular Vulnerability Scanners Miss Over 80% of Real-World Software Vulnerabilities

The post discusses the effectiveness of vulnerability scanners, highlighting that they detect far fewer vulnerabilities than they claim. A compilation of results from 17 independent public evaluations, including peer-reviewed studies, NIST SATE reports, and large-scale academic benchmarks, shows that tools performing well on benchmarks often fail on real-world codebases. Vendors have sometimes requested anonymization due to concerns about the reception of their products.