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Rephrase "The update did not match the code submitted to GitHub"? #1213

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TomHennen opened this issue Oct 21, 2024 · 1 comment
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Rephrase "The update did not match the code submitted to GitHub"? #1213

TomHennen opened this issue Oct 21, 2024 · 1 comment
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          >The update did not match the code submitted to GitHub

this phrase is used a few times here, but I'm not sure what it means.
I think it has to mean basically "use of compromised dependency."
IE, the revision consumed was not the one provided in the build inputs, but I think that's not very clear from this sentence.

I recommend replacing all usage with: "The update used unauthorized build inputs."

Originally posted by @zachariahcox in #1209 (comment)

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From what I can tell this phrase is only used once in "Known example" text for "Use compromised dependency". So it's referring to a specific event (the event-stream attack).

In that attack the idea is that the maintainer had a package that purported to be from GitHub repo X, but uploaded a package that wasn't from repo X. Since there wasn't any SLSA verification in place, I don't think it's correct to say the update used unauthorized build inputs.

Perhaps "The updated binary was not built from the purported source code"?

@TomHennen TomHennen changed the title >The update did not match the code submitted to GitHub Rephrase "The update did not match the code submitted to GitHub"? Oct 21, 2024
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