The EU CRA is nearing completion. Here are a few excerpts that may be of 
interest to the SPDX community:

 

Product security requirements 

Cybersecurity Risk Assessments: Manufacturers must undertake a cybersecurity 
risk assessment associated with the PDE. The risk assessment must be updated 
during the support period and taken into account throughout the product life 
cycle [Art. 10.2].

Vulnerability Management: PDEs must be made available on the market without 
known exploitable vulnerabilities, provide security updates for vulnerabilities 
without delay, and publicly disclose remediated vulnerabilities [Art. 10.6; 
Annex I Part I (3)(a), Part II (4)]. Security updates must remain available for 
a minimum of 10 years or the remainder of the support period, whichever is 
longer [Art. 10.6a]. Manufacturers must document relevant product 
vulnerabilities it becomes aware of [Art. 10.5].

Support Period: The support period for PDEs shall correspond to the expected 
use time, but must otherwise be at least five years [Art. 10.6]. The end of the 
support period, including the month and year, must be accessible to users at 
the time of purchase [Art. 10.10a].

Software Bill of Materials (SBOM): Manufacturers must identify and document 
product components and vulnerabilities, including by drawing up a software bill 
of materials (SBOM) of at least the top-level dependencies of the product 
[Annex I, Part II(1)]. The SBOM does not have to be made publicly available 
[Recital 37].

 

 

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