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@shielder.com
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InfoSec boutique. Owning things since 2014. We love to go for the extra mile, where we usually find the best 🦟🐞🪲🪳🐛🐜🕷 the others miss. Web: www.shielder.com Twitter: @ShielderSec Fediverse: @shielder.infosec.exchange

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Shielder @shielder.com · 01/07/2026
With @ostifofficial.bsky.social and @sovereign.tech we audited @symfony.com YAML, the library bundled in that PHP framework that all your friends probably run somewhere in their stack. If that's true, please update and read the attached blogpost to find out if you're affected! Links ⏬
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Inspektor Gadget @inspektor-gadget.io · 01/05/2026
Our external security audit with @shielder.com @ostifofficial.bsky.social and @cncf.io is out! 3 CVEs were found, all of which have been addressed in v0.51.1. Thank you to everyone involved inspektor-gadget.io/blog/2026/04...
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Results from the First Inspektor Gadget Security Audit | Inspektor Gadget
Inspektor Gadget completed its first independent security audit, conducted by Shielder and coordinated by OSTIF. The audit found three vulnerabilities — all now fixed — plus six hardening recommendati...
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Shielder @shielder.com · 30/04/2026
Can a hostile container sneak past your eBPF tracing? Sometimes, yes. With @ostifofficial.bsky.social & @cncf.io we audited Inspektor Gadget - 3 vulns (fixed), 6 hardenings, 6 bypasses (io_uring, openat2, jumbo frames…). Work by ndaprela & @suidpit.sh👏 🔗 www.shielder.com/blog/2026/04...
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Shielder - Inspektor Gadget Security Audit
Security audit of Inspektor Gadget, an eBPF-based observability framework for Linux and Kubernetes. Sponsored by the CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation), facilitated by Open Source Technology Imp...
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Shielder @shielder.com · 24/03/2026
#KubeCon EU starts today and guess what? Our very own @suidpit.sh will be on stage with a panel about the @kubernetes.io Security Audit we performed during 2025 with the support of @ostifofficial.bsky.social! 🗓️ March 25 - 16:45 CET 📍 Hall 8 | Room F
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Shielder @shielder.com · 19/03/2026
Attending @1ns0mn1h4ck.bsky.social? Meet @not4nhacker.bsky.social @luk3ros.bsky.social and Severus from our AppSec and Red teams! They are eager to discuss about breaking complex authentication implementations and relaying all the things to DA!
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ostifofficial.bsky.social @ostifofficial.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Presenting our 2025 annual report! In our report, you’ll see that OSTIF's story and mission are intertwined. OSTIF will continue to fight for open source infrastructure and the privacy rights of users for as many decades as you’ll let us. Our statement and report link: ostif.org/2025-annual-...
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2025 Annual Report – OSTIF.org
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Shielder @shielder.com · 31/01/2026
Love breaking things just to see how they work? 🐛🔨 ​A @shielder.com delegation is on the ground at @fosdem.org, and we're looking for fellow hackers and security researchers. ​If you are passionate about securing the Open Source world, we definitely need to talk!
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Shielder @shielder.com · 31/12/2025
Happy New Year, Hackers! 🎆 We’re looking forward to a 2026 full of crazy exploits, instant patches, and - most importantly - YOU, the amazing human beings behind the screens.
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Shielder @shielder.com · 27/12/2025
Bootloaders acting weird? 🐛 If you are at #39c3, catch @shielder.com's own @thezero.org to geek out over bootloader oddities and low-level vulnerabilities.
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Shielder @shielder.com · 25/11/2025
Want to learn more about our approach into auditing complex libraries and writing cool exploits? 🗓️: Dec 02 🕗: 20:00 CET RSVP: luma.com/ostif-meetup...
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OSTIF Meetups · Events Calendar
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Shielder @shielder.com · 26/10/2025
Attending #theSAS25? Meet @paupu.bsky.social for his PAM pwnage talk! It won't be recorded and it might *wink wink* contain a cool drop you don't want to miss 👀
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smaury @smaury.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
👋🏿 Hackers! Are you a Red Teaming Wizard 🧙🏿 looking for a new challenge? @shielder.com is hiring a Red Teaming Lead to join our crew! More info ⬇️ (share appreciated) #hiring #redteaming romhack.io/job-opportun...
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RomHack - Job opportunities
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ostifofficial.bsky.social @ostifofficial.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
In partnership with @aswf.io, OSTIF and @shielder.com worked on audits of MaterialX and OpenEXR. Our deepest gratitude for this opportunity to work with incredible maintainers and cool projects such as these- read about them at our blogs: ostif.org/materialx-au..., ostif.org/openexr-audi...
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Shielder @shielder.com · 31/07/2025
🚨 New Open Source Audit Alert! 🚨 Shielder, with @ostifofficial.bsky.social & ASWF audited OpenEXR and MaterialX: 🔍 11 issues found (1 critical, 3 still to be published) ✔️ Most fixed, others planned 🗣️ ndaprela @smaury.bsky.social @suidpit.bsky.social @thezero.org Full details in the blog post ⬇️🧵
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Shielder @shielder.com · 07/04/2025
Last week Apple released MacOS 13.4 which contains a fix for a vulnerability @suidpit.bsky.social exploited to escape the Sandbox. Update now and stay tuned for the technical details! Ref: support.apple.com/en-us/122373
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Shielder @shielder.com · 13/03/2025
In Lausanne for @1ns0mn1h4ck.bsky.social? Don’t miss the chance to meet our very own @not4nhacker.bsky.social! If you're into cursed OAuth hacking techniques or breaking mobile apps, find a comfy spot -- you might be there for a while!
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ostifofficial.bsky.social @ostifofficial.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Ship happens- and that's why security audits are an important part of security efforts. We facilitated work on #Karmada thanks to support from the @cncf.io and with auditing performed by @shielder.com. You can now sea the impact of an audit for yourself at ostif.org/karmada-audi...
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Shielder @shielder.com · 16/01/2025
🚨 New Open Source Audit Alert! 🚨 Shielder, with @ostifofficial.bsky.social & @cncf.io, audited karmada-io: 🔍 6 issues found (1 high, 1 medium, 2 low, 2 info) ✔️ Most fixed, others planned. 🗣️ to @suidpit.bsky.social and @thezero.org Full details in the blog post! www.shielder.com/blog/2025/01...
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Shielder - Karmada Security Audit
Karmada Security Audit, sponsored by the CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation), facilitated by Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF) and performed by Shielder.
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thezero @thezero.org · 10/11/2024
The best infosec swag in town. @shielder.com
Pizza box with a infosec illustration saying "Cooking delicious exploits since 2014"Stickers, a kway, and a medalMedal saying "10 years of cyber security, still can't fix your printer"
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Shielder @shielder.com · 22/10/2024
Attending #TheSASCon2024 in the beautiful Bali🏝️? Make sure not to miss @suidpit.bsky.social's talk about his novel research on the macOS 🍎 sandbox and how to bypass it. 🗓️ Wednesday, October 23 - 15:10
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Shielder @shielder.com · 20/09/2024
For the weekend, we gift you with not one, but TWO ways to escalate `sudo iptables` (+ a couple other boring preconditions) into a r00t shell - read how @smaury.bsky.social and @suidpit.bsky.social managed to climb your friendly neighborhood 🔥wall! www.shielder.com/blog/2024/09...
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Shielder - A Journey From `sudo iptables` To Local Privilege Escalation
In this post, we demonstrate two techniques allowing a low privileged user to escalate their privileges to root in case they can run iptables and/or iptables-save as
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Shielder @shielder.com · 29/08/2024
Our very own @suidpit.bsky.social will present his novel #macOS research at #TheSAS2024 - if you want to learn more about the macOS sandbox and how to escape it make sure to be in Bali 🏝️ from Oct 22 to Oct 25! Learn more here: thesascon.com
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Shielder @shielder.com · 28/08/2024
During a recent engagement Mindless hacked his way through Vtiger CRM which led to discover a privilege escalation and a SQL injection. Learn more in the dedicated advisories: - CVE-2024-42994 #sqli www.shielder.com/advisories/v... - CVE-2024-42995 #privesc www.shielder.com/advisories/v...
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Shielder @shielder.com · 22/05/2024
Back in December 2023 our researchers @thezero.org @suidpit.bsky.social and Mindless performed an audit sponsored by AWS and facilitated by OSTIF on boost. It resulted in 7 findings and 15 new fuzzers. The report is now public, check the details here: www.shielder.com/blog/2024/05...
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Shielder - Boost Security Audit
Boost Security Audit, sponsored by Amazon Web Services (AWS), facilitated by Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF) and performed by Shielder.
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Shielder @shielder.com · 07/05/2024
In early 2023 we (@thezero.org & @smaury.bsky.social) collaborated with SecureDrop to start designing and prototyping the #E2EE messaging protocol for a future version of SecureDrop. 📄 blog post: securedrop.org/news/introdu... 💻 poc code: github.com/freedomofpre...
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Introducing SecureDrop Protocol
This blog post is a part of a series about our research toward the next generation of the SecureDrop whistleblowing …
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Shielder @shielder.com · 18/04/2024
Exciting news! We've just released a new blog post on mobile app security, where @suidpit.bsky.social and @thezero.org used their intent-fu to discover vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-26131, CVE-2024-26132) in Element, a @matrix.org client for Android. #writeup #CVE www.shielder.com/blog/2024/04...
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Shielder - Element Android CVE-2024-26131, CVE-2024-26132 - Never Take Intents From Strangers
A writeup about two intent-based Android vulnerabilities CVE-2024-26131 and CVE-2024-26132 in Element (Matrix).
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Shielder @shielder.com · 29/03/2024
We recently partnered with the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF) to perform a security audit sponsored by AWS on Bref. The audit resulted in 5 findings promptly addresses by @mnapoli.bsky.social. The report is now public, check the details here: www.shielder.com/blog/2024/03...
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Shielder - Bref Security Audit
Bref Security Audit, sponsored by Amazon Web Services (AWS), facilitated by Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF) and performed by Shielder.
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Shielder @shielder.com · 14/03/2024
Hey hackers - attending #Nullcon? Pop to say hi and talk about AppSec and VR! You can find @smaury.bsky.social @thezero.org @suidpit.bsky.social around 🖖🏿
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Shielder @shielder.com · 08/03/2024
During a recent Red Team Assessment @thezero.org and @smaury.bsky.social discovered a vulnerability in PostgreSQL's #PgAdmin which in the worst case allows unauthenticated attackers to run arbitrary server-side code. Check out the #RCE advisory and patch now! www.shielder.com/advisories/p...
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Shielder - pgAdmin (<=8.3) Path Traversal in Session Handling Leads to Unsafe Deserialization and Remote Code Execution (RCE)
pgAdmin <= 8.3 is affected by a path-traversal vulnerability while deserializing user's session in the session handling code. If the server is running on Windows, an unauthenticated attacker can load ...
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Shielder @shielder.com · 03/02/2024
Hey hackers! Are you attending @fosdem.bsky.social? If you want to talk about open-source software and hardware security make sure to hit up @smaury.bsky.social and @thezero.org!
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Shielder @shielder.com · 30/01/2024
Ever wondered how to binary diff router firmwares to write n-day exploits? Learn how @thezero.org and @suidpit.bsky.social combined unblob, binexport, ghidra, Qiling, and an Asus router to write an exploit for CVE-2023-39238. The outcome was unexpected ... 1/7 www.shielder.com/blog/2024/01...
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Shielder - Hunting for ~~Un~~authenticated n-days in Asus Routers
Notes on patch diffing, reverse engineering and exploiting CVE-2023-39238, CVE-2023-39239, and CVE-2023-39240.
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Shielder @shielder.com · 30/01/2024
Ever wondered how to binary diff router firmwares to write n-day exploits? Learn how @Th3Zer0 and @suidpit combined unblob, binexport, ghidra, Qiling, and an Asus router to write an exploit for CVE-2023-39238. The outcome was unexpected ... 1/7 www.shielder.com/blog/2024/01...
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Shielder - Hunting for ~~Un~~authenticated n-days in Asus Routers
Notes on patch diffing, reverse engineering and exploiting CVE-2023-39238, CVE-2023-39239, and CVE-2023-39240.
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Shielder @shielder.com · 21/10/2023
Hey hackers - attending NoHat? Pop at the boot in the entrance for some swag and to chat about crazy 🦋🦗🐞🐝🐜🦟🪲! #nohat2023
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smaury @smaury.bsky.social · 30/08/2023
A vulnerability I've reported to Google was recently made public. TL;DR: Chrome implements credentialless iframes which should have a dedicated ephemeral cookie jar - I've found a way to break outside of it using ServiceWorkers to access long lived cookies. bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/i...
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1420885 - chromium - An open-source project to help move the web forward. - Monorai...
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Shielder @shielder.com · 12/08/2023
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