# microsoft/MSRC-Security-Research

Security Research from the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)

Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/MSRC-Security-Research
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/msrc-security-research
Language: Python
License: CC-BY-4.0
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-08-08T23:25:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3345, "days_push": 755, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1392, forks 173 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:36.047883+00:00)

## What it is
A repository hosting security research published by the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC). It contains research papers, tools, and analyses related to vulnerabilities and security topics, licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

## Use cases
- find published MSRC security research papers
- study real-world vulnerability case studies from Microsoft
- learn about security research techniques used by MSRC
- reference Microsoft security disclosures for research
- explore exploit analysis writeups from a major vendor's response center

## When to choose
- you want authoritative security research directly from Microsoft's response team
- you are studying vulnerability classes disclosed by MSRC
- you need citable security research material under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license

## When to avoid
- you need a production security tool or scanner rather than research material
- you want to contribute code, since external contributions are not currently accepted
- you need actionable defensive tooling rather than papers and analyses

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: security, penetration-testing, vulnerability-scanning, developer-tools
- domain: security, reverse-engineering, penetration-testing, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, python
- tags: security-research, msrc, vulnerability-research, whitepapers, microsoft

## Member repositories
- microsoft/MSRC-Security-Research (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.047883+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:39:33.023557+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/microsoft/MSRC-Security-Research (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.047883+00:00, sha 7cd90407d9d4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.