Ghostcat: Apache Tomcat AJP File Read and RCE (CVE-2020-1938) Explained
CVE-2020-1938 turned Tomcat's default AJP connector into a file-disclosure and RCE primitive. Here's how the request-attribute abuse works and how to shut it down.
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CVE-2020-1938 turned Tomcat's default AJP connector into a file-disclosure and RCE primitive. Here's how the request-attribute abuse works and how to shut it down.
GitHub Actions runs with your secrets and write access to your repo. This guide maps the real attack surface — from the tj-actions compromise to script injection — and gives you copy-paste hardening, OIDC, and scanning.
An unauthenticated attacker could run code on a GitLab server just by uploading an image. The bug was not in GitLab at all — it was in ExifTool. Here is the full story.
Go ships secure defaults most other languages lack — but its supply chain, concurrency model, and cgo edges still leak real vulnerabilities. Here are the practices that actually move the needle.
CVE-2014-0160, Heartbleed, let remote attackers read up to 64KB of an OpenSSL server's memory per request — private keys, sessions, passwords. Here is the missing bounds check that caused it.
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A practical, no-fluff path into application security for students and career-changers—the role, the skills, free learning resources, portfolio projects, and certifications that actually move the needle.
A practical checklist for shipping an npm package that resists supply chain attacks: provenance, granular tokens, minimal published files, no install scripts, and ReDoS-safe code.
Before you run npm install, learn a quick, repeatable routine to judge whether an npm package is trustworthy — using metadata, known vulnerabilities, and a scan.
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