Security context
What an agent needs to avoid regressing past fixes and find the next vuln in this repo.
suds-community/suds
master @ fae24d4
2
Fixes
1
CVEs
MEDIUM
Peak severity
Highlights
Insecure Temporary File: 1 prior fix. Scrutinize any change in this area.
suds/cache.py: 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.
Insecure Temporary File: The cache mechanism historically relied on predictable shared directories (like /tmp/suds), which allowed local attackers to perform symlink attacks and redirect SOAP queries. Future modifications to the caching layer must avoid predictable path generation and utilize secure, randomized directory creation API calls.
Path Traversal: Inadequate verification of relative paths within cache clearing routines allowed local file operations to escape the intended cache directory. This could lead to arbitrary file deletion if paths are not canonicalized and checked against a strict directory prefix.