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Developer audits own Nmap web UI, finds unauthenticated RCE chain

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

A developer built an Nmap-based port scanner with a FastAPI backend and React frontend, then audited it for security flaws. They discovered no authentication, an upload endpoint that allowlisted its own files, and a potential RCE via Nmap's --script flag. The RCE was blocked by argparse, but the developer hardened the app anyway.

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A cautionary tale that even hobby projects can harbor serious vulnerabilities, and that testing exploits is crucial before declaring them real.
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