diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck-base-hint.xml b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck-base-hint.xml
index 31f266994..d2fb2d581 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck-base-hint.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck-base-hint.xml
@@ -158,5 +158,43 @@
         </add>
     </hint>
     <vendorDuplicatingHint value="sun" duplicate="oracle"/>	
-    <vendorDuplicatingHint value="oracle" duplicate="sun"/>	
+    <vendorDuplicatingHint value="oracle" duplicate="sun"/>
+    
+    <!--additional hints from community-->
+    <hint>
+        <given>
+            <fileName contains="bsh-.*" regex="true"/>
+        </given>
+        <add>
+            <evidence type="product" source="hint analyzer" name="product" value="beanshell" confidence="HIGHEST"/>
+            <evidence type="vendor" source="hint analyzer" name="vendor" value="beanshell_project" confidence="HIGHEST"/>
+        </add>
+    </hint>
+    <hint>
+        <given>
+            <fileName contains="opensaml-.*" regex="true"/>
+        </given>
+        <add>
+            <evidence type="product" source="hint analyzer" name="product" value="opensaml" confidence="HIGHEST"/>
+            <evidence type="vendor" source="hint analyzer" name="vendor" value="shibboleth" confidence="HIGHEST"/>
+        </add>
+    </hint>
+    <hint>
+        <given>
+            <fileName contains="htmlcleaner-.*" regex="true"/>
+        </given>
+        <add>
+            <evidence type="product" source="hint analyzer" name="product" value="htmlcleaner" confidence="HIGHEST"/>
+            <evidence type="vendor" source="hint analyzer" name="vendor" value="htmlcleaner_project" confidence="HIGHEST"/>
+        </add>
+    </hint>
+    <hint>
+        <given>
+            <fileName contains="not-yet-commons-ssl-.*" regex="true"/>
+        </given>
+        <add>
+            <evidence type="product" source="hint analyzer" name="product" value="not_yet_commons_ssl" confidence="HIGHEST"/>
+            <evidence type="vendor" source="hint analyzer" name="vendor" value="not_yet_commons_ssl_project" confidence="HIGHEST"/>
+        </add>
+    </hint>
 </hints>
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