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A critical security gap has been identified in the continuous integration (CI) pipeline for the Soroban SDK and related Rust crates. The pipeline currently lacks any automated dependency vulnerability scanning, leaving smart contracts potentially exposed to unpatched Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) that cou...
A critical security gap has been identified within the protocol's smart contract architecture. While the rewards contract includes an emergency pause/unpause mechanism, the foundational quest and milestone contracts do not. This asymmetry creates a dangerous single point of failure: if a vulnerability is discovered pos...
A critical configuration validation gap has been confirmed in the Soroban smart contract platform's validator software. The `app` crate's configuration logic fails to enforce a key security rule, allowing a query server to be enabled on a networked validator node. This directly contradicts the upstream guard in the Ste...
A critical security gap has been identified in the protocol's core smart contracts: the absence of an emergency pause mechanism. This architectural oversight means that if a vulnerability is discovered after deployment, there is currently no way to halt the system to prevent or mitigate an ongoing exploit. The contract...