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malwatch Roscoe Skeens

malwatch 1.5.2

malwatch

Security

  • sec: update go-git to 5.19.1
  • sec: update x/text to 0.39.0

Features

  • feat: optimise yr scanner flag and callback tracking

Refactors

  • refactor: preallocate expire check stat

Build

  • build: harden dockerfile

Docs

  • doc: remove retired goreportcard
  • doc: bump download release

Flag and callback handling with yara scanner c binding optimised for our use case. The larger the files are, the more this improvement shines.

File expire stats are now always preallocated, so that eliminates one op per file (after first one!).

Vulnerabilities affecting go-git as GO-2026-5336, GO-2026-5496 and GO-2026-5693 resolved

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-5336

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-5496

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-5693

This project was unaffected by these third party vulnerabilities.

Further information is available at the GitHub release or project page.