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Description

Addresses a security vulnerability in password handling where passwords were passed as plain strings, potentially exposing credentials in memory.

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  • Added a new secure.rs module with SecureString implementation
  • Modified password handling to use SecureString for safer credential management
  • Updated dependencies and related code to support secure memory handling

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@tembo tembo bot requested a review from nhudson as a code owner June 9, 2025 15:08
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@nhudson nhudson requested review from Copilot and removed request for nhudson July 15, 2025 13:18
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Pull Request Overview

Addresses a security vulnerability in password handling by introducing a SecurePassword type that zeroizes its contents on drop and updating the CLI and library to use it.

  • Added a new secure.rs module with SecurePassword implementation
  • Updated library exports and CLI to return SecurePassword instead of raw &str
  • Added zeroize dependency for secure memory erasure

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Copilot reviewed 5 out of 5 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

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src/secure.rs New SecurePassword struct that zeroizes on drop
src/openssl/parser.rs Imported SecurePassword into the parser module
src/lib.rs Exported SecurePassword from the library root
src/cli/mod.rs Changed Args::password to return SecurePassword
Cargo.toml Added zeroize = "1.7.0" dependency

nhudson and others added 3 commits July 15, 2025 08:20
Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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