Security context

What an agent needs to avoid regressing past fixes and find the next vuln in this repo.

status-im/status-app
master @ f88fd1a
35
Fixes
0
CVEs
HIGH
Peak severity
51.5%
Coverage
Highlights
Auth Bypass: 8 prior fixes. Scrutinize any change in this area.
mobile/android/qt6/AndroidManifest.xml: most-fixed (2 issues). Treat as high-risk during review.
25 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: Two separate fixes address permission bypasses in the community join flow, indicating a fragile authorization check that has been patched twice.
Reflected XSS: Multiple chat UI components required XSS filtering for user-controlled names and messages, showing a pattern of unsanitized text being rendered.
Auth Bypass: Web3 provider request handling lacked permission checks, and a related fix in the browser provider enforced request-type validation, indicating a systemic authorization gap in provider APIs.