MCQ: Why is it important to maintain an updated inventory of dependencies and libraries to prevent security misconfigurations in web applications?

• A. Maintaining an inventory of dependencies has no impact on security
• B. To simplify dependency management without considering security measures
• C. Maintaining an updated inventory of dependencies is crucial to identify and address vulnerabilities and security misconfigurations introduced by third-party components
• D. Security misconfigurations related to dependencies automatically resolve themselves over time