Security context
What an agent needs to avoid regressing past fixes and find the next vuln in this repo.
go-martini/martini
master @ 22fa469
1
Fixes
0
CVEs
MEDIUM
Peak severity
Highlights
Auth Bypass: 1 prior fix. Scrutinize any change in this area.
auth/basic.go: most-fixed (1 issue). Treat as high-risk during review.
0 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.
Auth Bypass: The use of standard string comparison (!=) for verifying HTTP Basic authentication credentials allowed potential attackers to execute timing attacks to systematically guess valid authentication headers. Future modifications to authentication middleware must strictly employ constant-time comparison helpers to prevent credential leakage.