Security context

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

yugabyte/yugabyte-db

              master @ 5a54495
            

Fixes

CVEs

CRITICAL

Peak severity

35.1%

Coverage

Highlights

Auth Bypass: 8 prior fixes. Scrutinize any change in this area.

src/postgres/src/backend/access/yb_access/yb_scan.c: most-fixed (3 issues). Treat as high-risk during review.

24 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: Multiple fixes target the connection manager's handling of startup parameters and SSL state, which can be spoofed or misreported to bypass HBA rules or escalate privileges.

Auth Bypass / RBAC: Several fixes correct RBAC resource resolution or add missing authorization checks in controllers and proxy endpoints, indicating a pattern of incomplete permission enforcement.

Data Integrity / Data Loss: Multiple fixes address races in compaction, flush, and transaction replay that can cause silent data loss or corruption.