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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<suppressions
+    xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance'
+    xmlns='https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Dependency_Check_Suppression'
+    xsi:schemaLocation='https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Dependency_Check_Suppression suppression.xsd'>
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+        This suppresses cpe:/a:csv:csv:1.0 for some.jar in the "c:\path\to" directory.
+        ]]></notes>
+        <filePath>c:\path\to\some.jar</filePath>
+        <cpe>cpe:/a:csv:csv:1.0</cpe>
+    </suppress>
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+        This suppresses any jboss:jboss cpe for any test.jar in any directory.
+        ]]></notes>
+        <filePath regex="true">.*\btest\.jar</filePath>
+        <cpe>cpe:/a:jboss:jboss</cpe>
+    </suppress>
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+        This suppresses a specific cve for any test.jar in any directory.
+        ]]></notes>
+        <filePath regex="true">.*\btest\.jar</filePath>
+        <cve>CVE-2013-1337</cve>
+    </suppress>
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+        This suppresses a specific cve for any dependency in any directory that has the specified sha1 checksum.
+        ]]></notes>
+        <sha1>384FAA82E193D4E4B0546059CA09572654BC3970</sha1>
+        <cve>CVE-2013-1337</cve>
+    </suppress>
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+        This suppresses all CVE entries that have a score below CVSS 7.
+        ]]></notes>
+        <cvssBelow>7</cvssBelow>
+    </suppress>
+</suppressions>
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