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49 changes: 27 additions & 22 deletions website/docs/security-assurance-case.md
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Expand Up @@ -55,28 +55,33 @@ The scope of these claims is the CLI itself. They do not extend to the security

## Trust boundaries

```
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Developer machine │
│ │
│ ┌──────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ │
│ │ Lockfile + │───>│ │<───│ Local │ │
│ │ package.json │ │ CVE Lite │ │ advisory DB │ │
│ └──────────────┘ │ CLI │ │ (offline) │ │
│ │ │ └─────────────┘ │
│ ┌──────────────┐ │ │ ┌─────────────┐ │
│ │ CLI args │───>│ │<───│ OSV cache │ │
│ └──────────────┘ │ │ │ (online) │ │
│ └──────┬──────┘ └─────────────┘ │
│ │ │
│ ▼ │
│ Stdout / report │
└─────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────-─┘
│ (only outbound: hardcoded endpoints)
┌──────────────┼──────────────┐
▼ ▼ ▼
api.osv.dev storage.googleapis registry.npmjs.org
/osv-vulnerabilities
```mermaid
flowchart TB
subgraph dev["Developer machine"]
lockfile["Lockfile + package.json"]
args["CLI args"]
localdb["Local advisory DB (offline)"]
osvcache["OSV cache (online)"]
cli["CVE Lite CLI"]
output["Stdout / report"]

lockfile --> cli
args --> cli
localdb --> cli
osvcache --> cli
cli --> output
end

subgraph ext["External endpoints — outbound only, hardcoded"]
direction LR
osv["api.osv.dev"]
gcs["storage.googleapis.com/osv-vulnerabilities"]
npm["registry.npmjs.org"]
end

cli --> osv
cli --> gcs
cli --> npm
```

**Boundaries and what crosses them:**
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