Security context
What an agent needs to avoid regressing past fixes and find the next vuln in this repo.
containerd/ttrpc
main @ 4b166fb
6
Fixes
0
CVEs
HIGH
Peak severity
Highlights
Denial of Service: 5 prior fixes. Scrutinize any change in this area.
server.go: most-fixed (6 issues). Treat as high-risk during review.
3 high-severity fixes in this history; regressions here are high-impact.
Recurring patterns
The bug types that recur here, drawn from past fixes, not open vulnerabilities.
Denial of Service: Goroutines, connection maps, and file descriptors can be leaked during connection teardown, stream closure, or when client connections terminate abruptly. This leads to rapid memory and resource exhaustion, causing a complete denial of service.
Auth Bypass: Local users can bypass authorization constraints and access privileged ttrpc services on abstract Unix sockets if connection-level credential validation (such as peer credentials checks) is not enforced during the initial handshake.