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Silent Exception Swallowing

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HIGH SEC020 [SEC020] Secret Printed to Logs: Debug or diagnostic code appears to print a credential-b… impacket/examples/ldap_shell.py:213
HIGH SEC013 [SEC013] Path Traversal — User Input in File Path: User-controlled input used in file pat… examples/ticketConverter.py:106
MED ERR001 [ERR001] Silent Exception Swallowing: Silently swallowing all exceptions hides bugs. Even… impacket/smb3.py:712
MED ERR001 [ERR001] Silent Exception Swallowing: Silently swallowing all exceptions hides bugs. Even… impacket/smbserver.py:4387
MED ERR001 [ERR001] Silent Exception Swallowing: Silently swallowing all exceptions hides bugs. Even… impacket/tds.py:1561
MED SEC014 [SEC014] SSL Verification Disabled: SSL certificate verification is disabled, allowing ma… impacket/examples/__init__.py:18
MED SEC014 [SEC014] SSL Verification Disabled: SSL certificate verification is disabled, allowing ma… impacket/tds.py:1457
MED AUC001 [AUC001] No Repobility access matrix policy found: The repository uses web/API frameworks… —
MED DKR007 Docker build context has no .dockerignore .dockerignore
MED AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files impacket/mqtt.py:159
MED AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files impacket/krb5/keytab.py:80
MED AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files impacket/dcerpc/v5/tsch.py:23
MED AIC003 Duplicated implementation block across source files impacket/dcerpc/v5/rprn.py:7
MED DKR001 Docker final stage has no non-root USER Dockerfile:10
MED WEB003 Public web service has no security.txt .well-known/security.txt
MED SEC005 [SEC005] Command Injection Risk: Unsafe shell execution or eval of user input. impacket/examples/smbclient.py:98
MED SEC005 [SEC005] Command Injection Risk: Unsafe shell execution or eval of user input. examples/mimikatz.py:109
MED SEC005 [SEC005] Command Injection Risk: Unsafe shell execution or eval of user input. examples/ntfs-read.py:1259
MED CORE_LARGE_FILES Average file size is 560 lines (recommend <300) —
LOW DKR012 Dockerfile keeps pip download cache Dockerfile:8
LOW DKR012 Dockerfile keeps pip download cache Dockerfile:4
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## Code-quality scan: `fortra/impacket`

**Score: 71/100 (B+)**  ·  32 findings  ·  scanned 2026-05-15 16:00 UTC  ·  188,093 LOC

| Severity | Count |
|---|---|
| CRITICAL | 0 |
| HIGH | 2 |
| MEDIUM | 17 |
| LOW | 2 |

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### Top findings

1. **HIGH** `SEC020` — Secret Printed to Logs
   `impacket/examples/ldap_shell.py:213` · A07:2021 Identification & Authentication Failures
2. **HIGH** `SEC013` — Path Traversal — User Input in File Path
   `examples/ticketConverter.py:106` · A01:2021 Broken Access Control (path traversal)
3. **MEDIUM** `ERR001` — Silent Exception Swallowing
   `impacket/smb3.py:712`
4. **MEDIUM** `ERR001` — Silent Exception Swallowing
   `impacket/smbserver.py:4387`
5. **MEDIUM** `ERR001` — Silent Exception Swallowing
   `impacket/tds.py:1561`

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