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Matej Smycka

Over nine months, Stanislav Mycka developed and maintained security detection templates for the projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates repository, expanding automated vulnerability coverage across diverse protocols and platforms. He authored and refined YAML-based templates using Python scripting and JavaScript for HTTP request crafting, regex-based data extraction, and configuration management. Stanislav standardized CVE detection logic, improved matcher accuracy, and enhanced template maintainability by enforcing consistent formatting and metadata hygiene. His work addressed both feature expansion and bug fixes, such as reducing false positives and improving error handling. These contributions enabled faster security triage, broader enterprise risk detection, and more reliable automated scanning workflows for end users.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

74%Features

Repository Contributions

62Total
Bugs
10
Commits
62
Features
28
Lines of code
332,931
Activity Months9

Your Network

303 people

Work History

March 2026

1 Commits

Mar 1, 2026

March 2026 monthly summary for google/XNNPACK focusing on robustness and reliability of reduction operations. Implemented validation for the number of reduction axes against the maximum tensor dimensions and added explicit error logging to improve failure visibility and debugging when invalid configurations occur. These changes enhance stability of reduce paths across models and devices, reducing silent misconfigurations and downstream failures.

January 2026

6 Commits • 1 Features

Jan 1, 2026

January 2026: Delivered standardized and hardened CVE HTTP request definitions across nuclei-templates. Consolidated CVE YAML HTTP requests into a consistent, structured format; removed outdated headers; reorganized for readability, maintainability, and security. Implemented security hardening by removing Host header references. Changes delivered through five commits (batch 1–3, chore: move CVE-2022-37932.yaml, and host-header fixes). Also rolled back CVE-2024-47374.yaml changes to restore functionality and security measures, ensuring stability.

December 2025

2 Commits • 1 Features

Dec 1, 2025

Month: 2025-12 — Focused on expanding detection capabilities in projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates. Implemented richer Node Exporter metrics detection via expanded regex matchers and introduced a Krpano Panorama Viewer detection template with presence detection and vulnerability assessment capabilities. These updates improve asset inventory accuracy, enable faster risk visibility, and broaden detection coverage across OS, build, BIOS, and third-party panorama viewers.

November 2025

4 Commits • 1 Features

Nov 1, 2025

November 2025: Expanded detection coverage and ensured accurate attribution in nuclei-templates, delivering business value through improved vulnerability detection and governance.

October 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Oct 1, 2025

October 2025 performance summary for repository projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates. Key feature delivered: SmartFace panel detection template to detect Innovatrics SmartFace panel and identify systems running SmartFace login for facial recognition. The template analyzes HTTP responses and extracts camera connection strings for detection/diagnostics, enabling automated diagnostics and faster triage in security testing workflows. Major bugs fixed: No documented major bugs fixed this month for this repository. Overall impact: Expanded automated detection coverage for SmartFace deployments, improving security testing cadence, reducing manual inspection effort, and enabling scalable diagnostics across instances. Technologies/skills demonstrated: nuclei template authoring, HTTP response analysis, pattern extraction (camera connection strings), open-source contribution practices, version control via Git.

September 2025

28 Commits • 15 Features

Sep 1, 2025

September 2025 monthly summary for projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates. Delivered extensive template expansion and quality improvements across multiple vendors and protocols, driving stronger detection coverage and maintainability. Business value includes higher automation in vulnerability detection across diverse environments and reduced manual triage time.

August 2025

9 Commits • 4 Features

Aug 1, 2025

August 2025: Expanded security detection coverage in nuclei-templates with four major templates and quality fixes, delivering early visibility into misconfigurations and CVEs, improving triage velocity and reducing risk exposure.

July 2025

5 Commits • 3 Features

Jul 1, 2025

July 2025 monthly summary for projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates focusing on expanding vulnerability coverage, reliability, and developer proficiency. Delivered four key items across detectors and template improvements, with a strong emphasis on business value through enhanced exposure detection and reduced false negatives.

June 2025

6 Commits • 2 Features

Jun 1, 2025

June 2025 monthly summary for projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates: Delivered two new detection templates (FrontPage misconfiguration/vulnerability detection and Atlona AT-OME-MS42 default credentials) and improved robustness of CVE-2000-0114 detection through refined matchers, request bodies, and metadata. Expanded coverage, reduced false positives, and enhanced production readiness of templates, contributing to faster security triage and broader enterprise detection capabilities.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness94.6%
Maintainability93.8%
Architecture92.8%
Performance92.0%
AI Usage20.6%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

CJavaScriptPythonYAMLjavascriptpythonyaml

Technical Skills

API DevelopmentAPI TestingAPI testingC programmingCode CleanupCode FormattingConfiguration AuditingConfiguration ManagementDevOpsEmbedded SystemsEnvironment VariablesHTTPHTTP Request CraftingIoT SecurityLinting

Repositories Contributed To

2 repos

Overview of all repositories you've contributed to across your timeline

projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates

Jun 2025 Jan 2026
8 Months active

Languages Used

YAMLyamljavascriptJavaScriptPythonpython

Technical Skills

Configuration ManagementHTTP Request CraftingNetwork SecuritySecurity AuditingSecurity TestingTemplate Development

google/XNNPACK

Mar 2026 Mar 2026
1 Month active

Languages Used

C

Technical Skills

C programmingerror handlingsoftware development