Security context
What an agent needs to avoid regressing past fixes and find the next vuln in this repo.
tryquiet/quiet
develop @ 4727ec5
34
Fixes
0
CVEs
HIGH
Peak severity
41.9%
Coverage
Highlights
Auth Bypass: 9 prior fixes. Scrutinize any change in this area.
packages/backend/src/storage/storage.ts: most-fixed (2 issues). Treat as high-risk during review.
20 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: Incoming message replication events and database writes in the storage layer historically bypassed cryptographic signature verification, allowing potential message spoofing or unauthorized database writes before processing. Shifting and enforcing this verification at the storage backend boundary is critical.
Improper Certificate Validation: Flaws in peer certificate generation and validation, including misconfigured key usages (cRLSign/keyCertSign) and incorrect Subject Alternative Name formatting, risked allowing unauthorized nodes to spoof onion addresses or act as rogue Certificate Authorities within the network.
Auth Bypass: Local host socket interfaces lacked proper connection token and origin validation, exposing internal APIs and control channels to potential local-origin bypasses and cross-site WebSocket attacks.