Vulnerabilities and hardening
Two lists keep a server honest: the software it runs with known vulnerabilities, and the configuration checks it fails.
Vulnerabilities
Each sensor reports the installed packages. They are matched against published vulnerabilities (CVEs) for that operating system and ranked by severity: Critical, High, Medium, Low, and Unscored where no score is published yet.
Start with the critical ones on machines exposed to the internet; Topology shows which those are. Most fixes are a package update, and a kernel fix needs a reboot before it counts.
Hardening (CIS benchmarks)
Every machine is checked against the CIS benchmark for its system, every few hours. The score is the share of checks passed. Each failing check says why it matters, how to fix it, and which framework controls it supports.
| Score | Reading |
|---|---|
| 80% and above | At target. |
| 60–79% | Needs attention. |
| Below 60% | Weak: the default installation of most systems lands here. |
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