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🛡️ Vulnerability Math: CVE vs. CVSS vs. EPSS

Ever wonder why some "Critical" bugs aren't fixed immediately? It’s all about Impact vs. Urgency . Think of a Broken Lock on your front door: CVE (The ID): The specific model number of that broken lock. It ensures everyone is talking about the same bug. CVSS (The Severity): How much do you lose if a thief gets in? Jewelry (Score 10) or just a dirty rug (Score 2)? EPSS (The Probability): Are there…

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The Command Injection Fix Cursor Writes Still Runs Code (CWE-78)

TL;DR Cursor writes exec() with your input pasted into the command string, which is textbook command injection (CWE-78). Ask it to fix that and it adds a regex blocklist for shell metacharacters.

  • Command injection vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on the server.
  • Fix bypassed despite regex blocklist due to git protocol.ext.allow defaulting to user.
  • Mitigation involves using execFile with argv array and validating input as a URL with whitelist.

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What n8n Execution Traces Can and Can't Tell You About Workflow Coverage

For my own reference, I was trying to answer a simple sounding question about an n8n workflow which branches did this execution exercise?

  • Execution traces show exercised branches in branching nodes.
  • Traces cannot record input items to filter nodes or dropped items.
  • Traces are not complete coverage reports; they complement actual data.

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I Built a Date Picker, Got 1,000+ npm Downloads, and Then Discovered the Hard Part

Building an open-source project is one thing. Getting people to actually discover it is a completely different problem. A few weeks ago, I started working on RollDate , a dependency-free JavaScript…

  • RollDate offers a scroll-first interaction model for date selection
  • Developed as an alternative to traditional calendar grid date pickers
  • Latest version 1.1.0 adds API methods for enhanced functionality

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