Chapter 3: Vulnerability Management

Overview

Vulnerability management is one of the core obligations under the CRA. Manufacturers must identify, assess, remediate, and report vulnerabilities in their products throughout the entire support period.

LEGAL BASIS

Art. 10(6) CRA: The manufacturer shall have effective and regular procedures in place to identify vulnerabilities in the product.

Annex I, Part II, No. 2: The manufacturer shall identify and document the vulnerabilities and components of the product and remediate known vulnerabilities without delay.

Process Architecture

                         +---------------------+
                         |  SBOM (per release)  |
                         +----------+----------+
                                    |
              +----------+----------+----------+----------+
              v          v          v          v          v
    +--------------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+
    |CVE Monitoring| |Dependa-| | Trivy  | |  OSV-  | | Grype  |
    |(daily SBOM)  | |  bot   | | Scan   | |Scanner | |(option)|
    |              | |(PR)    | |(CI/CD) | |(CI/CD) | |        |
    +------+-------+ +---+----+ +---+----+ +---+----+ +---+----+
           |             |          |          |          |
           +-------------+----------+----------+----------+
                                    v
                         +----------------------+
                         |  Triage & Assessment  |
                         |  (CVSS / Severity)    |
                         +----------+-----------+
                                    |
                   +----------------+----------------+
                   v                v                 v
         +-----------------+ +--------------+ +--------------+
         |  CRITICAL/HIGH   | |  MEDIUM/LOW  | |  No CVEs     |
         |  -> Immediate    | |  -> Planned  | |  -> Continue  |
         |     patch        | |  -> Next     | |    monitoring |
         |  -> ENISA report | |    release   | |              |
         |     if required  | |              | |              |
         +-----------------+ +--------------+ +--------------+

Chapter Structure

Section	Topic	Description
3.1	CVE Monitoring	Daily scan of all product SBOMs against CVE databases
3.2	Dependency Monitoring	Continuous monitoring via Dependabot + GitHub Security Alerts
3.3	Patch Management	SLA-based process for vulnerability remediation
3.4	Risk Assessment	Methodology for assessment in the product context
3.5	Handling Requirements (Annex I Part II)	8 vulnerability handling requirements

Responsibilities

Role	Task
Security Lead	Triage, risk assessment, escalation, ENISA reporting
DevOps Lead	CVE monitor operations, pipeline maintenance
Development Team	Patch development, testing
Product Owner	Prioritisation, release planning

NIS2 Synergy

Infrastructure vulnerability management (servers, network, operating systems) is described in the NIS2 Compliance Documentation.