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Mass assignment in Python: how setattr and **kwargs turn request bodies into privilege escalation

One unguarded setattr() loop can let a JSON body set is_admin directly — the same bug class that let a researcher add his key to Rails' GitHub org in 2012.

Jul 14, 20266 min read
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Preventing mass assignment in Spring MVC and Spring Boot

CWE-915 mass assignment lets one extra JSON field turn a profile update into a privilege escalation — here's how DTOs beat @JsonIgnore in Spring.

Jul 14, 20266 min read
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Mass assignment in Node, Express, and Mongoose apps

One unfiltered req.body.role field can turn a signup form into an admin-creation endpoint — here's how mass assignment happens in Node and how to stop it.

Jul 14, 20266 min read
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Why Math.random() is a security bug waiting to happen

A 2008 Debian OpenSSL patch cut key entropy to ~32,768 values; a 2012 scan found 0.75% of TLS certs shared keys. Weak PRNGs still cause real breaches.

Jul 14, 20266 min read
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Choosing a secure Node.js web framework: Express, Fastify, Koa, and NestJS compared

None of Express, Fastify, Koa, or NestJS enable security headers, CSRF protection, or input validation by default — the defaults you inherit differ more than you'd think.

Jul 14, 20266 min read
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Memory safety in C/C++: the vulnerability classes that won't go away

Microsoft found ~70% of its patched CVEs trace to memory-safety bugs. Here's how buffer overflows, use-after-free, and double-free still happen — and what actually catches them.

Jul 14, 20267 min read
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XPath injection: how it happens and how to stop it in Java, .NET, and PHP

A 2024 GeoServer flaw showed unsanitized input reaching an XPath evaluator can mean remote code execution, not just data leakage. Here's how to prevent it.

Jul 13, 20266 min read
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Safely Parsing Untrusted URLs in Node.js

Node's legacy url.parse() is deprecated (DEP0169), and parser mismatches between it, the WHATWG URL API, and fetchers are a documented root cause of SSRF and open redirects.

Jul 13, 20266 min read
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How catastrophic regex backtracking causes ReDoS — and how to stop it

A single bad regex took Cloudflare's global network to ~100% CPU for 27 minutes in 2019. Here's the backtracking mechanics behind ReDoS and how to rewrite unsafe patterns.

Jul 13, 20266 min read

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