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            <li class="oss-entry"><div><span class="oss-reference">PR #152906</span><strong>gh-150880: Normalize Windows scandir wildcard paths</strong><p class="oss-summary">Normalizes Windows enumeration paths before appending wildcards so trailing-space paths behave consistently across file-system APIs.</p><a class="oss-breakdown-link" href="open-source/cpython-windows-scandir-trailing-space.html">Read Case Study <span aria-hidden="true">→</span></a></div><span class="oss-category">Bug Fix / Windows Paths</span><div class="oss-entry-action"><span class="oss-status oss-status-merged">Merged PR</span><a href="https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/152906" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="View CPython PR 152906 on GitHub">View PR <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a></div></li>
            <li class="oss-entry"><div><span class="oss-reference">PR #152471</span><strong>gh-152356: Fix Windows blocking sampling after target process exit</strong><p class="oss-summary">Makes blocking profiler sampling terminate cleanly when its Windows target exits and preserves a replayable profile.</p><a class="oss-breakdown-link" href="open-source/cpython-windows-blocking-profiler.html">Read Case Study <span aria-hidden="true">→</span></a></div><span class="oss-category">Bug Fix / Runtime Reliability</span><div class="oss-entry-action"><span class="oss-status oss-status-merged">Merged PR</span><a href="https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/152471" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="View CPython PR 152471 on GitHub">View PR <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a></div></li>
            <li class="oss-entry"><div><span class="oss-reference">PR #152223</span><strong>gh-152099: Raise SendfileNotAvailableError for fallback-only transports</strong><p class="oss-summary">Returns the public asyncio exception consistently when native sendfile is unavailable and fallback behavior is disabled.</p><a class="oss-breakdown-link" href="open-source/cpython-asyncio-sendfile-exception.html">Read Case Study <span aria-hidden="true">→</span></a></div><span class="oss-category">Bug Fix / Asyncio</span><div class="oss-entry-action"><span class="oss-status oss-status-merged">Merged PR</span><a href="https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/152223" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="View CPython PR 152223 on GitHub">View PR <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a></div></li>
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            <li class="oss-entry"><div><span class="oss-reference">PR #9981</span><strong>Raise clear error for unsupported unique-together list updates</strong><p class="oss-summary">Replaces an internal queryset attribute failure with an explicit error for an unsupported multiple-update validation path.</p><a class="oss-breakdown-link" href="open-source/drf-unique-together-list-update.html">Read Case Study <span aria-hidden="true">→</span></a></div><span class="oss-category">Bug Fix / Regression</span><div class="oss-entry-action"><span class="oss-status oss-status-merged">Merged PR</span><a href="https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9981" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="View Django REST Framework PR 9981 on GitHub">View PR <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a></div></li>
            <li class="oss-entry"><div><span class="oss-reference">PR #9977</span><strong>Fix OpenAPI schema for zero numeric bounds on ListField children</strong><p class="oss-summary">Preserves valid zero-valued minimum and maximum constraints when mapping list child fields into OpenAPI schemas.</p><a class="oss-breakdown-link" href="open-source/drf-openapi-zero-numeric-bounds.html">Read Case Study <span aria-hidden="true">→</span></a></div><span class="oss-category">Bug Fix / OpenAPI</span><div class="oss-entry-action"><span class="oss-status oss-status-merged">Merged PR</span><a href="https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/9977" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="View Django REST Framework PR 9977 on GitHub">View PR <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a></div></li>
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          <p class="oss-related"><strong>Related Upstream Remediation:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/10013" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">DRF PR #10013 <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a> is a maintainer-authored backport associated with the security research record. It is not presented as Zain's authored PR. See the <a href="research/cve-2026-73228.html">related technical analysis <span aria-hidden="true">→</span></a>.</p>
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            <li class="oss-entry"><div><span class="oss-reference">PR #2682</span><strong>Add npm allowScripts policy for npm v12</strong><p class="oss-summary">Adds an explicit npm v12 install-script policy that permits required tooling while denying unnecessary dependency scripts.</p><a class="oss-breakdown-link" href="open-source/cyberchef-npm-allow-scripts-policy.html">Read Case Study <span aria-hidden="true">→</span></a></div><span class="oss-category">Build Policy / Compatibility</span><div class="oss-entry-action"><span class="oss-status oss-status-merged">Merged PR</span><a href="https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/pull/2682" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="View CyberChef PR 2682 on GitHub">View PR <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a></div></li>
            <li class="oss-entry"><div><span class="oss-reference">PR #2615</span><strong>Handle invalid bcrypt salt errors in Bcrypt compare</strong><p class="oss-summary">Converts malformed bcrypt validation failures into CyberChef’s expected user-facing operation error path.</p><a class="oss-breakdown-link" href="open-source/cyberchef-bcrypt-invalid-salt-errors.html">Read Case Study <span aria-hidden="true">→</span></a></div><span class="oss-category">Bug Fix / Error Handling</span><div class="oss-entry-action"><span class="oss-status oss-status-merged">Merged PR</span><a href="https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/pull/2615" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="View CyberChef PR 2615 on GitHub">View PR <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a></div></li>
            <li class="oss-entry"><div><span class="oss-reference">PR #2612</span><strong>Handle malformed image parser errors in View Bit Plane</strong><p class="oss-summary">Handles decoder failures from malformed image input as clear operation errors while preserving valid image behavior.</p><a class="oss-breakdown-link" href="open-source/cyberchef-malformed-image-errors.html">Read Case Study <span aria-hidden="true">→</span></a></div><span class="oss-category">Bug Fix / Parser Errors</span><div class="oss-entry-action"><span class="oss-status oss-status-merged">Merged PR</span><a href="https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/pull/2612" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="View CyberChef PR 2612 on GitHub">View PR <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a></div></li>
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          <ul class="oss-entries"><li class="oss-entry"><div><span class="oss-reference">PR #10363</span><strong>Fix pidbox consumer cleanup during reset cycles</strong><p class="oss-summary">Cancels and clears existing pidbox consumers before recreation to prevent stale transport resources during repeated worker resets.</p><a class="oss-breakdown-link" href="open-source/celery-pidbox-consumer-cleanup.html">Read Case Study <span aria-hidden="true">→</span></a></div><span class="oss-category">Bug Fix / Resource Lifecycle</span><div class="oss-entry-action"><span class="oss-status oss-status-merged">Merged PR</span><a href="https://github.com/celery/celery/pull/10363" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="View Celery PR 10363 on GitHub">View PR <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a></div></li></ul>
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            <li class="oss-entry"><div><span class="oss-reference">PR #331753</span><strong>Fix PowerShell quoting for runInTerminal environment values</strong><p class="oss-summary">Escapes embedded single quotes in PowerShell environment assignments without changing literal backslashes or other shell behavior.</p><a class="oss-breakdown-link" href="open-source/vscode-powershell-environment-quoting.html">Read Case Study <span aria-hidden="true">→</span></a></div><span class="oss-category">Bug Fix / Cross-Platform Tooling</span><div class="oss-entry-action"><span class="oss-status oss-status-merged">Merged PR</span><a href="https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/331753" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="View Visual Studio Code PR 331753 on GitHub">View PR <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a></div></li>
            <li class="oss-entry"><div><span class="oss-reference">PR #328626</span><strong>Await Workspace Trust transition completion in <code>setUrisTrust()</code></strong><p class="oss-summary">Ensures callers resume only after asynchronous Workspace Trust participants finish and the trust-change event is emitted.</p><a class="oss-breakdown-link" href="open-source/vscode-workspace-trust-await.html">Read Case Study <span aria-hidden="true">→</span></a></div><span class="oss-category">Bug Fix / Async Lifecycle</span><div class="oss-entry-action"><span class="oss-status oss-status-merged">Merged PR</span><a href="https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/328626" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="View Visual Studio Code PR 328626 on GitHub">View PR <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a></div></li>
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          <ul class="oss-entries"><li class="oss-entry"><div><span class="oss-reference">PR #41</span><strong>feat: add CI pipeline for automated sanity checks</strong><p class="oss-summary">Introduces focused automated checks for syntax, structured data, links, generated artifacts, and repository hygiene.</p><a class="oss-breakdown-link" href="open-source/owasp-apts-ci-sanity-checks.html">Read Case Study <span aria-hidden="true">→</span></a></div><span class="oss-category">CI / Engineering Infrastructure</span><div class="oss-entry-action"><span class="oss-status oss-status-merged">Merged PR</span><a href="https://github.com/OWASP/APTS/pull/41" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="View OWASP APTS PR 41 on GitHub">View PR <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a></div></li></ul>
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          <header class="oss-group-header"><div><span class="oss-mark" aria-hidden="true">Nu</span><div><h2 id="nuclei-title">Nuclei</h2><p>Security automation / raw HTTP parsing</p></div></div><span class="oss-group-kind">Reliability fix</span></header>
          <ul class="oss-entries"><li class="oss-entry"><div><span class="oss-reference">Merged PR #7525 · supporting issue #7524</span><strong>Fix raw HTTP parser panic on single-LF request body</strong><p class="oss-summary">Adds empty-slice guards to both raw request parser paths and regression coverage for LF-only, CRLF-only, empty, and non-empty bodies.</p><a class="oss-breakdown-link" href="open-source/nuclei-raw-http-parser-panic.html">Read Case Study <span aria-hidden="true">→</span></a></div><span class="oss-category">Bug Fix / Parsing Reliability</span><div class="oss-entry-action"><span class="oss-status oss-status-merged">Merged PR</span><a href="https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/pull/7525" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-label="View Nuclei PR 7525 on GitHub">View PR <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a></div></li></ul>
          <p class="oss-related">Zain authored both the <a href="https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/issues/7524" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reported issue #7524 <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a> and the merged remediation PR. The record is classified as a parser reliability fix, not a published vulnerability.</p>
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