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Dev rejects CVE severity, makes his GitHub repo read-only (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The developer of the 'node-ip' project made the GitHub repository read-only after disputing the severity of a reported vulnerability (CVE-2023-42282).
The vulnerability involved incorrect identification of private IP addresses in non-standard formats, but the developer argued it had a dubious security impact.
The situation highlights ongoing issues with unverified CVE reports causing unnecessary panic and frustration for open-source project maintainers.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 months ago

I do feel like we may have hit a time where the groups classifying CVEs are a bit desperate for numbers. It's really hard to tell the legitimate ones from the ones where it's like "If you had tiny gremlins with soldering irons living inside your PC, its possible they might be able to determine what year your computer thinks it is. The gremlins are assumed to have full domain admin access".