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some go advisories have invalid versions

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
68/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
go
Domain
databases, security

Research direction

Start by inspecting the five linked GHSA JSON files and the repository's validation entry point for Go module versions. Check how their recorded versions are validated, then add or update coverage so these values must conform to SemVer and confirm all five advisories pass validation.

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Description

Some GHSAs for Go modules seem to record a "version" that is not a valid version for go modules:

Given that Go versions are documented to be SemVer versions, the versions should be validated as SemVer versions.

See also: google/osv.dev#5173

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