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Swift Force Unwrap

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CRIT MINED022 [MINED022] C Strcpy: strcpy/strcat dont bounds-check; use strncpy or snprintf. libobs/util/windows/obfuscate.c:35
CRIT MINED022 [MINED022] C Strcpy: strcpy/strcat dont bounds-check; use strncpy or snprintf. libobs/audio-monitoring/pulse/pulseaudi…:52
CRIT MINED022 [MINED022] C Strcpy: strcpy/strcat dont bounds-check; use strncpy or snprintf. deps/libcaption/src/vtt.c:315
HIGH MINED004 [MINED004] Weak Crypto: MD5/SHA1/DES/RC4 used for security context (not just checksums). plugins/obs-vst/obs-vst.cpp:76
HIGH MINED008 [MINED008] Swift Force Unwrap: optional! crashes on nil. Use guard let or if let. plugins/mac-virtualcam/src/camera-exten…:143
HIGH MINED008 [MINED008] Swift Force Unwrap: optional! crashes on nil. Use guard let or if let. libobs-metal/MetalShader.swift:218
HIGH MINED008 [MINED008] Swift Force Unwrap: optional! crashes on nil. Use guard let or if let. libobs-metal/MetalBuffer.swift:64
HIGH MINED017 [MINED017] C System Call: system() invokes shell. command injection if any arg is dynamic. plugins/linux-v4l2/v4l2-output.c:62
HIGH MINED017 [MINED017] C System Call: system() invokes shell. command injection if any arg is dynamic. frontend/utility/WhatsNewInfoThread.cpp:117
HIGH MINED017 [MINED017] C System Call: system() invokes shell. command injection if any arg is dynamic. frontend/oauth/YoutubeAuth.cpp:191
HIGH SEC029 [SEC029] Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) — outbound HTTP from user input: Outbound HTT… frontend/dialogs/LogUploadDialog.cpp:148
HIGH SEC029 [SEC029] Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) — outbound HTTP from user input: Outbound HTT… frontend/components/UrlPushButton.hpp:14
HIGH SEC029 [SEC029] Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) — outbound HTTP from user input: Outbound HTT… frontend/components/UrlPushButton.cpp:7
HIGH SEC085 [SEC085] JS: child_process.exec with non-literal: child_process.exec with user-derived in… frontend/widgets/OBSBasic_StudioMode.cpp:113
HIGH SEC085 [SEC085] JS: child_process.exec with non-literal: child_process.exec with user-derived in… frontend/components/SourceSelectButton.…:190
HIGH SEC085 [SEC085] JS: child_process.exec with non-literal: child_process.exec with user-derived in… frontend/OBSApp.hpp:241
HIGH MINED134 [MINED134] Binary file `deps/w32-pthreads/libpthreadGC2.a` committed in source repo: `dep… deps/w32-pthreads/libpthreadGC2.a:1
HIGH MINED126 [MINED126] Workflow container/services image `ghcr.io/flathub-infra/flatpak-github-action… .github/workflows/build-project.yaml:259
HIGH MINED126 [MINED126] Workflow container/services image `ghcr.io/flathub-infra/flatpak-github-action… .github/workflows/publish.yaml:90
HIGH SEC013 [SEC013] Path Traversal — User Input in File Path: User-controlled input used in file pat… plugins/obs-qsv11/QSV_Encoder_Internal.h:70
HIGH SEC013 [SEC013] Path Traversal — User Input in File Path: User-controlled input used in file pat… plugins/obs-qsv11/QSV_Encoder.cpp:79
MED MINED111 [MINED111] Bare except continues silently: Bare `except:` (or `except Exception:`) that r… .github/scripts/utils.py/check-services…:188
MED MINED111 [MINED111] Bare except continues silently: Bare `except:` (or `except Exception:`) that r… .github/scripts/utils.py/check-services…:322
MED MINED111 [MINED111] Bare except continues silently: Bare `except:` (or `except Exception:`) that r… .github/scripts/utils.py/check-services…:233
MED MINED111 [MINED111] Bare except continues silently: Bare `except:` (or `except Exception:`) that r… .github/scripts/utils.py/check-services…:360
MED MINED111 [MINED111] Bare except continues silently: Bare `except:` (or `except Exception:`) that r… .github/scripts/utils.py/check-services…:150
MED SEC045 [SEC045] eval()/exec() on stored or user-supplied data: eval() and exec() on data — even … frontend/components/UIValidation.cpp:49
MED SEC045 [SEC045] eval()/exec() on stored or user-supplied data: eval() and exec() on data — even … frontend/components/SourceSelectButton.…:190
MED SEC045 [SEC045] eval()/exec() on stored or user-supplied data: eval() and exec() on data — even … frontend/OBSApp.hpp:241
MED AIC004 Suspicious implementation file appears unreferenced deps/w32-pthreads/ptw32_new.c:1
LOW COMP001 [COMP001] High cognitive complexity: Function `main` has cognitive complexity 14 (SonarSo… .github/scripts/utils.py/check-jsonsche…:72
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files frontend/plugin-manager/PluginManagerWi…:1
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files frontend/obs-main.cpp:1
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files frontend/oauth/TwitchAuth.cpp:130
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files frontend/models/SceneCollection.hpp:1
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files frontend/importers/xsplit.cpp:1
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files frontend/importers/studio.cpp:1
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files frontend/importers/sl.cpp:1
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files frontend/importers/importers.cpp:1
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files frontend/dialogs/OBSBasicSourceSelect.h…:1
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files frontend/dialogs/OBSBasicProperties.hpp:1
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files frontend/dialogs/OBSBasicProperties.cpp:1
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files frontend/dialogs/OBSBasicInteraction.hpp:1
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files frontend/dialogs/OBSBasicInteraction.cpp:1
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files frontend/components/SourceSelectButton.…:1
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files frontend/components/SilentUpdateSpinBox…:1
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files frontend/components/AccessibleAlignment…:1
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files deps/w32-pthreads/sem_wait.c:26
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files deps/w32-pthreads/sem_timedwait.c:47
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files deps/w32-pthreads/pthread_rwlockattr_se…:3
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files deps/w32-pthreads/pthread_rwlock_wrlock…:32
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files deps/w32-pthreads/pthread_rwlock_wrlock…:4
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files deps/w32-pthreads/pthread_rwlock_tryrdl…:4
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files deps/w32-pthreads/pthread_rwlock_timedw…:5
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files deps/w32-pthreads/pthread_rwlock_timedw…:3
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files deps/w32-pthreads/pthread_rwlock_timedr…:5
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files deps/w32-pthreads/pthread_mutexattr_set…:3
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files deps/w32-pthreads/pthread_mutex_trylock…:4
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files deps/w32-pthreads/pthread_mutex_timedlo…:69
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files deps/w32-pthreads/pthread_join.c:6
LOW AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files deps/glad/src/glad_egl.c:1
LOW AIC002 Source file name looks like an AI patch artifact deps/w32-pthreads/ptw32_new.c:1
LOW CORE_NO_LICENSE No LICENSE file —
INFO MINED064 [MINED064] Python Input Call: input() blocks for stdin. Inappropriate in services. plugins/obs-filters/rnnoise/src/rnn_tra…:20
INFO MINED045 [MINED045] Ts Non Null Assertion: x! asserts not null - bypasses null checks - TypeError … plugins/mac-virtualcam/src/dal-plugin/O…:76
INFO MINED045 [MINED045] Ts Non Null Assertion: x! asserts not null - bypasses null checks - TypeError … plugins/mac-capture/window-utils.m:52
INFO MINED045 [MINED045] Ts Non Null Assertion: x! asserts not null - bypasses null checks - TypeError … plugins/mac-avcapture/AVCaptureDeviceFo…:36
INFO MINED048 [MINED048] Php Error Suppress: @function() suppresses errors silently. Hides real issues. plugins/mac-avcapture/AVCaptureDeviceFo…:14
INFO MINED048 [MINED048] Php Error Suppress: @function() suppresses errors silently. Hides real issues. frontend/utility/platform-osx.mm:330
INFO MINED048 [MINED048] Php Error Suppress: @function() suppresses errors silently. Hides real issues. frontend/utility/OBSUpdateDelegate.mm:15
INFO MINED080 [MINED080] Cpp Using Namespace Std: using namespace std; pollutes the global namespace. frontend/importers/studio.cpp:23
INFO MINED080 [MINED080] Cpp Using Namespace Std: using namespace std; pollutes the global namespace. frontend/importers/importers.cpp:21
INFO MINED080 [MINED080] Cpp Using Namespace Std: using namespace std; pollutes the global namespace. frontend/dialogs/OBSBasicInteraction.cpp:38
INFO MINED042 [MINED042] Cpp New Without Delete: C++ raw new without RAII / unique_ptr — memory leak ri… frontend/components/SourceSelectButton.…:46
INFO MINED042 [MINED042] Cpp New Without Delete: C++ raw new without RAII / unique_ptr — memory leak ri… frontend/components/FlowFrame.cpp:25
INFO MINED042 [MINED042] Cpp New Without Delete: C++ raw new without RAII / unique_ptr — memory leak ri… frontend/components/AccessibleAlignment…:26
INFO MINED075 [MINED075] C Malloc No Check: malloc/calloc/realloc return value used without checking fo… deps/w32-pthreads/ptw32_calloc.c:48
INFO MINED075 [MINED075] C Malloc No Check: malloc/calloc/realloc return value used without checking fo… deps/libcaption/src/vtt.c:34
INFO MINED075 [MINED075] C Malloc No Check: malloc/calloc/realloc return value used without checking fo… deps/libcaption/src/dvtcc.c:9
INFO MINED043 [MINED043] Http Not Https: Hardcoded http:// (not localhost) for endpoints that handle cr… deps/blake2/src/blake2b-ref.c:8
INFO MINED043 [MINED043] Http Not Https: Hardcoded http:// (not localhost) for endpoints that handle cr… deps/blake2/src/blake2.h:8
INFO MINED043 [MINED043] Http Not Https: Hardcoded http:// (not localhost) for endpoints that handle cr… deps/blake2/src/blake2-impl.h:8
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Issue body (markdown)

## Code-quality scan: `obsproject/obs-studio`

**Score: 84/100 (B-)**  ·  82 findings  ·  scanned 2026-06-05 08:05 UTC  ·  444,556 LOC

| Severity | Count |
|---|---|
| CRITICAL | 3 |
| HIGH | 18 |
| MEDIUM | 9 |
| LOW | 33 |

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### Top findings

1. **CRITICAL** `MINED022` — C Strcpy
   `libobs/util/windows/obfuscate.c:35` · CWE-120 · ✓ Repobility
2. **CRITICAL** `MINED022` — C Strcpy
   `libobs/audio-monitoring/pulse/pulseaudio-wrapper.c:52` · CWE-120 · ✓ Repobility
3. **CRITICAL** `MINED022` — C Strcpy
   `deps/libcaption/src/vtt.c:315` · CWE-120 · ✓ Repobility
4. **HIGH** `MINED004` — Weak Crypto
   `plugins/obs-vst/obs-vst.cpp:76` · CWE-327 · ✓ Repobility
5. **HIGH** `MINED008` — Swift Force Unwrap
   `plugins/mac-virtualcam/src/camera-extension/OBSCameraDeviceSource.swift:143` · CWE-476 · ✓ Repobility

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