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Krzysztof Zając

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Krzysztof Zając

Worked on the projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates repository over four months, focusing on improving detection accuracy and reducing false positives in security scanning templates. Addressed issues in templates for phpMyAdmin, Linux LFI, and Apache Tomcat by refining pattern matching and regular expressions, and by tightening HTTP request logic. Delivered a content security hardening feature by disabling HTTP redirects in mixed-active-content templates, enhancing security posture. Used YAML for template configuration and applied skills in fuzzing, network security, and vulnerability scanning. Maintained clear documentation and commit traceability, ensuring that each change improved scan reliability while minimizing manual triage and preserving detection coverage.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

25%Features

Repository Contributions

4Total
Bugs
3
Commits
4
Features
1
Lines of code
33
Activity Months4

Your Network

262 people

Work History

May 2025

1 Commits

May 1, 2025

May 2025 focused on improving detection accuracy in the nuclei-templates repository, delivering a targeted bug fix that reduces false positives for Apache Tomcat detection and enhances overall reliability of security templates used for automated scanning. Key accomplishments included refining detection logic to minimize misclassifications and maintaining traceability with an explicit commit reference.

March 2025

1 Commits

Mar 1, 2025

2025-03 monthly summary focused on stabilizing and improving the accuracy of the nuclei-templates in projectdiscovery. Implemented a targeted bug fix to reduce false positives in the Linux LFI fuzzing template, enhancing reliability of scan results and reducing noise for triage.

February 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Feb 1, 2025

February 2025 monthly summary for projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates: Key feature delivered - Content Security Hardening: Disable HTTP redirects in mixed-active-content template. Implemented by setting max-redirects to 0 and removing host-redirects to prevent redirects during template evaluation. Commit 8af22b333c02bf20489b6256b9393f607e569e84 (Disabling redirects for mixed-active-content template). This improves security posture and reduces risk of open redirects in scanning templates. Major bugs fixed: none reported for this repo this month. Overall impact: strengthened security controls in templates, improved reliability of scans, and reduced risk exposure for customers leveraging nuclei-templates. Technologies/skills demonstrated: content security hardening, redirect handling, template configuration, version control discipline.

November 2024

1 Commits

Nov 1, 2024

In 2024-11, focused on stabilizing and improving detection accuracy in projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates. Key enhancement: refined phpMyAdmin panel template matching to reduce false positives by replacing 'pmahomme' with 'opendb_url' and adding a 'condition: and' to matchers. This fix was implemented in commit 38d60d37d9ade569329900ba3d8fa6a0d4af4e4b. The change increases precision of template matching, reduces triage effort, and enhances overall trust in scan results.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness85.0%
Maintainability85.0%
Architecture85.0%
Performance80.0%
AI Usage20.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

YAMLyaml

Technical Skills

FuzzingNetwork SecurityRegular ExpressionsSecurity TestingTemplate DevelopmentVulnerability Scanningpattern matchingtemplate configurationtemplate development

Repositories Contributed To

1 repo

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projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates

Nov 2024 May 2025
4 Months active

Languages Used

yamlYAML

Technical Skills

pattern matchingtemplate developmenttemplate configurationFuzzingRegular ExpressionsSecurity Testing