PySecDB: security commit dataset in Python

Description

To foster large-scale research on vulnerability mitigation and to enable a comparison of different detection approaches, we make our dataset PySecDB from our ICSME23 paper publicly available.

PySecDB is a real-world Python security commit dataset that contains around 1.2K security commits and 2.8K non-security commits. You can find more details on the dataset in the paper "Exploring Security Commits in Python".

Data Structure

PySecDB is stored in json format, where each sample contains 5 keys and has the following format;

{
  "id": the id for each entry,
  "label": the type of patch, value:"security" or "non-security",
  "content": the content of patch, type: str,
  "source": the source of patch, value: "MITRE" or "wild",
  "CVE-ID": the CVE ID if it exists, value: "CVE-XXXX-XXXXX" or "NA",
}

Disclaimer & Download Agreement

To download the PySecDB dataset, you must agree with the succeeding Disclaimer & Download Agreement items. You should carefully read the following terms before submitting the PySecDB request form.

• PySecDB is constructed and cross-checked by 3 experts that work in security patch research. Due to the potential misclassification led by subjective factors, the Sun Security Laboratory (SunLab) cannot guarantee 100% accuracy for samples in the dataset.

• The copyright of the PySecDB dataset is owned by SunLab.

• The purpose of using PySecDB should be non-commercial research and/or personal use. The dataset should not be used for commercial use or any profitable purpose.

• Access to this dataset requires applying with a verified work or educational email address.

• The PySecDB dataset should not be re-sell or redistributed. Anyone who has obtained PySecDB should not share the dataset with others without permission from SunLab.

Team

The PySecDB dataset is built by Sun Security Laboratory (SunLab) at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

Citations

If you are using PySecDB for work that will result in a publication (thesis, dissertation, paper, article), please use the following citation:

@article{sun2023exploring,
  title={Exploring Security Commits in Python},
  author={Sun, Shiyu and Wang, Shu and Wang, Xinda and Xing, Yunlong and Zhang, Elisa and Sun, Kun},
  journal={39th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME)},
  year={2023}
}