Securing open source software is a collective responsibility, and the Metasploit Framework exemplifies this effort by providing a comprehensive open source penetration testing toolkit. Maintained by Spencer McIntyre, Metasploit aids security professionals and internal teams at Fortune 500 companies and government agencies in identifying and demonstrating vulnerabilities, thereby improving security measures. A major challenge for Metasploit involves managing external dependencies and ensuring payloads function in various constrained environments without relying on third-party libraries. To address security issues, the project employs tools like Snyk for monitoring dependencies and GitHub's GPG integration for secure code contributions. The framework's integration into CI/CD pipelines supports developers in maintaining secure projects by testing for vulnerabilities throughout the software development lifecycle. As Metasploit progresses towards version 6, it aims to be "secure by default," incorporating changes like default traffic encryption.