AI coding tools doubled your vulnerabilities. EU CRA makes every one your legal responsibility.
76 out of 100 companies that prohibit AI coding tools acknowledge developers are using them anyway. You own every vulnerability, every unlicensed snippet, every GPL-laundered component.
AI-assisted development has transformed how fast software ships — and how fast risk accumulates. The 2026 OSSRA Report found mean vulnerabilities per codebase jumped 107% year-over-year, driven directly by AI code generation tools. Open source component counts grew 30%. Files per codebase grew 74%. Two-thirds of codebases now carry license conflicts — the highest rate ever recorded.
EU CRA doesn't care whether a vulnerability was introduced by a developer or a coding assistant. If your product ships into the EU, you are the manufacturer. You own the SBOM. You own the vulnerability response. You own the 24h, 72h, and 14-day reporting windows. AI-generated code with unknown provenance is your legal exposure.
X-DLM™ connects Siemens Polarion and Black Duck so AI software companies can govern what their AI tools create — producing SBOM evidence, vulnerability response trails, license conflict resolution, and CRA-ready audit records automatically.
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What AI-assisted development is doing to your codebase risk
AI tools write code faster than teams can govern it. EU CRA makes ungoverned code a legal liability, not just a technical debt.
Increase in mean vulnerabilities per codebase in 2026 — driven directly by AI-assisted development tools accelerating code and dependency creation. Source: 2026 OSSRA Report.
Mean open-source vulnerabilities per codebase in 2026 — more than double 2025. Every one is a potential EU CRA reporting obligation.
Of organizations perform comprehensive IP, license, security, AND quality evaluations for AI-generated code. 76% are accumulating hidden legal exposure. Source: Black Duck 2026.
Of codebases contain license conflicts — the highest rate in OSSRA history. AI 'license laundering' from GPL/AGPL sources is the leading driver. Source: 2026 OSSRA Report.
Sources: 2026 OSSRA Report. Black Duck AI Code Governance research 2026.
EU CRA — Sept 2026 Vulnerability Reporting. Dec 2027 Full Enforcement. Your AI Code Is In Scope.
AI-generated code does not get a compliance exemption. The manufacturer is responsible for everything in the product.
EU CRA
AI Code Is Your Code
EU CRA holds the manufacturer responsible for every component in a product with digital elements — including code generated by AI tools, open-source dependencies introduced by AI assistants, and AI model components integrated at build time. No exceptions for AI-generated provenance.
License Laundering
Hidden GPL Exposure
AI coding assistants reproduce code snippets from GPL and AGPL sources without retaining license information. The resulting code in your product may carry copyleft obligations you don't know exist — until M&A due diligence, a competitor's legal team, or a regulator finds them first.
EU AI Act
High-Risk AI Obligations
AI systems used in hiring, healthcare, credit, education, law enforcement, and critical infrastructure carry EU AI Act conformity requirements — including transparency, logging, human oversight, and accuracy documentation — stacking directly on top of CRA obligations.
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Siemens Polarion ALM
Polarion provides the lifecycle system of record for requirements, tests, approvals, traceability, workflow automation, audit evidence, and regulated software delivery.
Black Duck Software Composition Analysis
Black Duck identifies open source and third-party components across source, binaries, containers, firmware, snippets, AI-generated code, and C/C++ environments without package managers.
The X-DLM™ AI software workflow
Black Duck scans what AI wrote → X-DLM™ routes the risk → Polarion governs the response → CRA evidence is retained.
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Detects AI-generated code snippets, their probable license provenance, and vulnerability profile — including GPL/AGPL license laundering before it reaches production
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Identifies every open-source component, AI model dependency, and third-party library with BDSA vulnerability intelligence up to 3 weeks ahead of NVD
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Generates machine-readable SBOMs in SPDX and CycloneDX — covering source, binaries, containers, AI model packages, and AI-generated code fragments
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Routes vulnerability findings, license conflicts, and malware signals into governed Siemens Polarion workflows with owners, timelines, approvals, and EU CRA reporting evidence
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Maintains the complete audit trail from Black Duck detection to Polarion decision to CRA disclosure — so the 24h/72h/14-day reporting windows are operationally executable, not aspirational
Your AI tools write code faster than your team can govern it.
X-DLM™ closes that gap before EU CRA makes it your liability.
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