According to a recent LinkedIn post from HeroDevs, the company is drawing attention to security risks embedded in end-of-life open-source software dependencies. The post suggests that traditional vulnerability scanners may continue to scan EOL components as if they are maintained, even though security patches, bug fixes, and maintainer support have ceased.
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The post highlights that this creates a category of “permanent exposure,” where CVEs can persist indefinitely because no upstream fixes will ever be issued. HeroDevs references its EOL DS tool as a way to surface these risks by identifying components that are past or nearing end-of-life, positioning visibility into unsupported software as a prerequisite to broader application security and rewrite efforts.
For investors, this focus points to a growing niche within the application security and DevSecOps markets around managing end-of-life software risk, beyond conventional vulnerability scanning. If the company’s tooling gains adoption among enterprises seeking to harden open-source supply chains, HeroDevs could benefit from increasing security budgets and regulatory pressure around software bill-of-materials transparency.