NSA & CISA Urge Adoption of Memory‑Safe Languages to Prevent Critical Vulnerabilities
NSA & CISA Urge Adoption of Memory‑Safe Languages to Prevent Critical Vulnerabilities
The NSA and CISA have jointly issued a Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CSI), titled Memory Safe Languages: Reducing Vulnerabilities in Modern Software Development, published on June 24, 2025. The guidance emphasizes that memory safety is "critical to a holistic approach to software security", and that using memory-safe languages (MSLs) can significantly lower the risk of memory-based exploits such as buffer overflows, use-after-free, and data races.