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This PR contains the following updates:

Package Change Age Confidence
github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.1 → v1.5.3 age confidence

Gorilla WebSocket Uses Cryptographically Weak PRNG for WebSocket Mask Key

GHSA-w67g-5rqw-f597

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gorilla/websocket used math/rand (cryptographically weak pseudo-random number generator) to generate WebSocket frame mask keys prior to commit d67f4185. WebSocket masking keys MUST be unpredictable to prevent frame content injection attacks. math/rand produces deterministic output when seeded with a known value, enabling an attacker to predict or recover mask keys and inject content into WebSocket connections.

Type: Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator
Fix: Replaced math/rand with crypto/rand (commit d67f4185, released in v1.5.3)
Credit: bounty-hunter v6.0 silent-fix detection

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  • CVSS Score: 6.9 / 10 (Medium)
  • Vector String: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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gorilla/websocket (github.com/gorilla/websocket)

v1.5.3

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This reverts the websockets package back to 931041c

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The indirect github.com/gorilla/websocket dependency in the identity module is updated from v1.5.1 to v1.5.3.

Changes: WebSocket dependency update

Layer / File(s) Summary
Update WebSocket dependency
pkgs/identity/go.mod
The indirect github.com/gorilla/websocket requirement changes from v1.5.1 to v1.5.3.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~3 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 75e7f

The identity SSH WebSocket client can send frames with predictable mask keys. Use a Gorilla revision with cryptographic mask generation to complete the security fix before merging.

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 75e7f

The selected dependency uses non-cryptographic randomness for client frame masking, and the available version comparison indicates a regression rather than the intended security fix. The inspected connection is loopback-scoped; remote exploitability and broader deployment exposure are not established.

Retained concerns

  • Medium · security · inferred: The version comparison indicates that the dependency bump replaces cryptographic mask-key generation with math/rand on a reachable client-frame path, weakening the transport's unpredictability guarantee. Loopback scope limits the demonstrated exposure, and practical attacker control or exploitation remains unresolved.
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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The demonstrated affected scope is the identity SSH client's outbound WebSocket frames to its local stream service. Exploitation would require additional attacker capabilities to influence or exploit that connection; public reachability, cross-tenant impact, and broader service exposure are not established.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • observed — The canonical security input retains no verified findings. Candidate candidate_f7f4b17e8709b6262c2e44ec6c4a1c10 remains deferred because no valid receipt is bound to its exact candidate and evidence reference; the source inspection does not supply that missing verification receipt.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Loopback binding is the strongest demonstrated exposure limit. The server's authMiddleware is not a demonstrated authentication control: it assigns every request fixed user credentials without checking caller identity. This behavior is unchanged by the PR and is not reported as a newly introduced concern.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Before treating the dependency update as remediation, verify cryptographic mask-key generation in the exact selected release and validate the reachable client transport under the deployed configuration.
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- Line 70: Update the github.com/gorilla/websocket dependency in go.mod to a
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reachable centrifuge-go transport uses cryptographically unpredictable mask
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github.com/google/flatbuffers v24.3.7+incompatible // indirect
github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.1 // indirect
github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.3 // indirect

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

🏁 Script executed:

cd pkgs/identity
cache="$(go env GOMODCACHE)"
mod="$cache/github.com/gorilla/websocket@v1.5.3"
printf 'module source: %s\n' "$mod"
if [ -f "$mod/conn.go" ]; then
  rg -n 'newMaskKey|rand\.Uint32|rand\.Reader|maskBytes|WriteMessage' "$mod/conn.go" "$mod/mask.go" "$mod/mask_safe.go" 2>/dev/null
  sed -n '1,35p;175,192p;590,615p' "$mod/conn.go"
else
  printf 'selected Gorilla v1.5.3 source is not present in the local cache\n'
fi

Repository: developing-today/code

Length of output: 3871


🏁 Script executed:

cd pkgs/identity
cache="$(go env GOMODCACHE)"
mod="$cache/github.com/centrifugal/centrifuge-go@v0.10.2"
printf '%s\n' '--- identity SSH caller ---'
nl -ba cmd/ssh/stream.go | sed -n '140,152p;200,218p'
printf '%s\n' '--- centrifuge-go client connection path ---'
nl -ba "$mod/client.go" | sed -n '890,906p;1800,1822p'
printf '%s\n' '--- centrifuge-go Gorilla transport ---'
nl -ba "$mod/transport_websocket.go" | sed -n '85,112p;170,205p'

Repository: developing-today/code

Length of output: 4564


Select a Gorilla revision with cryptographic mask-key generation.

github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.3 still uses math/rand.Uint32() in newMaskKey(). The reachable centrifuge-go transport calls t.conn.WriteMessage(...), so outbound frames can use predictable mask keys. This update does not satisfy the WebSocket requirement for unpredictable client mask keys. Use a Gorilla revision that generates mask keys with crypto/rand.

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Review comment at @pkgs/identity/go.mod at line 70:
Update the github.com/gorilla/websocket dependency in go.mod to a revision whose
newMaskKey implementation uses crypto/rand, ensuring the reachable centrifuge-go
transport uses cryptographically unpredictable mask keys.

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