Security context
What an agent needs to avoid regressing past fixes and find the next vuln in this repo.
go-openapi/runtime
master @ f198aee
2
Fixes
0
CVEs
HIGH
Peak severity
Highlights
Auth Bypass: 2 prior fixes. Scrutinize any change in this area.
client/tls.go: most-fixed (1 issue). Treat as high-risk during review.
1 high-severity fix 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: A typed nil pointer returned as a principal interface was incorrectly treated as a non-nil valid authenticated user, leading to complete authentication bypass on routed endpoints. Developers must ensure interface checks explicitly validate underlying value non-nilness using tools like typeutils.IsZero before granting access.
Auth Bypass: Directly returning a pointer to the CA certificate pool allowed subsequent callers to mutate the shared pool, potentially injecting unauthorized certificates and compromising the integrity of TLS client verifications. Implementing defensive cloning of *x509.CertPool is required to preserve security boundaries.