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MalDet · Static Security Report

operator

github.com/VictoriaMetrics/operator
Scanned 29 October 2026 at 09:17  ·  Report generated 29 October 2026  ·  Go  ·  597 stars
Overall assessment
Medium
Combined score 23  ·  9 findings after filtering

Summary

5 findings likely need attention, 1 looks like noise. Most notable: Using variable interpolation `${{...}}` with `github` context data in a `run:` step cou... (57% confidence).

Generated from finding counts. A plain-English summary was not available for this scan.

Risk, by type

MalDet scores two different questions separately, because they call for different responses: code can be badly written without being hostile, and hostile code is not always badly written.

Vulnerability
Medium (23)
Insecure coding an attacker could exploit. Usually mistakes, and usually fixable in place.
Malicious pattern
Safe (0)
Signs the code may be trying to do harm: hidden payloads, credential access, persistence, exfiltration.

What each detector found

DetectorLooks for HighMediumLowTotal
semgrep Insecure coding patterns across many languages 3 6 0 9

5 of 9 findings were rated more likely genuine than noise by the classifier.

Evidence

Identical findings are grouped, so a single rule firing many times takes one row. Ordered worst first. “Seen” is how many times that finding occurred.

SeverityDetectorFindingSeenExample location
high semgrep Using variable interpolation `${{...}}` with `github` context data in a `run:` step could allow an attacker to inject their own code into the runner. This would allow them to steal secrets and code. `github` context data can have arbitrary user input and should be treated as untrusted. Instead, use 2 /.github/workflows/main.yaml:127
high semgrep By not specifying a USER, a program in the container may run as 'root'. This is a security hazard. If an attacker can control a process running as root, they may have control over the container. Ensure that the last USER in a Dockerfile is a USER other than 'root'. 1 /codespell/Dockerfile:6
medium semgrep This Renovate configuration does not set a minimum release age. Newly published packages can be malicious or unstable. Add `"minimumReleaseAge": "7 days"` within a `packageRules` entry to wait 7 days before proposing updates to newly published package versions. Set `"minimumReleaseAge": false` to se 1 /renovate.json:22
medium semgrep `MinVersion` is missing from this TLS configuration. By default, as of Go 1.22, TLS 1.2 is currently used as the minimum. General purpose web applications should default to TLS 1.3 with all other protocols disabled. Only where it is known that a web server must support legacy clients with unsuppor 1 /cmd/config-reloader/main.go:175
medium semgrep When working with web applications that involve rendering user-generated content, it's important to properly escape any HTML content to prevent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. In Go, the `text/template` package does not automatically escape HTML content, which can leave your application vuln 1 /internal/config/print.go:13
medium semgrep If an attacker can supply values that the application then uses to determine which method or field to invoke, the potential exists for the attacker to create control flow paths through the application that were not intended by the application developers. This attack vector may allow the attacker to 1 /internal/controller/operator/factory/reconcile/diff.go:65
medium semgrep Do not use `math/rand`. Use `crypto/rand` instead. 2 /internal/config/config.go:6

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