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Reporting a Security Vulnerability in Woodpecker CI

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Recently, while exploring and testing various open-source continuous integration (CI) tools, I discovered a security vulnerability in Woodpecker CI, a popular open-source CI/CD engine.

As a Cybersecurity Engineer, finding and responsibly disclosing such issues is a core part of what I do. I reported the vulnerability to the project maintainers and provided them with the necessary details to reproduce and patch the issue.

I’m happy to say that the vulnerability was successfully resolved, and my contribution was acknowledged in their recent v3.18.0 release.

Contributing to open-source software, especially in the security domain, is incredibly rewarding. It not only helps secure the tools we all rely on but also strengthens the community as a whole.

You can check out the release notes here: https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/releases/tag/v3.18.0