Security context
What an agent needs to avoid regressing past fixes and find the next vuln in this repo.
networknt/light-4j
master @ c722de5
6
Fixes
0
CVEs
HIGH
Peak severity
83.3%
Coverage
Highlights
Auth Bypass: 3 prior fixes. Scrutinize any change in this area.
ExternalServiceHandler: most-fixed (1 issue). Treat as high-risk during review.
5 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: Substring matching (String.contains) of JWT claims against allowed roles or groups previously allowed attackers to bypass access control actions. Safe implementation requires strict exact-match verification or path canonicalization checks.
Auth Bypass: Failure to propagate verified JWT claims to the auditInfo context prevented downstream portal handlers from executing critical authorization checks. Trusting downstream components without fully populated context creates a silent bypass window.
Weak Cryptographic Algorithm: The use of a weak PBKDF2WithHmacSHA1 key derivation function paired with 128-bit AES configuration made configuration credential decryption vulnerable. Cryptographic sinks must use strong standards like PBKDF2WithHmacSHA256 and AES-GCM with 256-bit keys.