fad-checker 1.0.1 → 1.0.2

package/CRITICAL-REVIEW.md

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+# fad-checker — Analyse critique complète
+
+**Date :** 2026-05-22
+**Périmètre :** intégralité du code (`fad-checker.js` + `lib/**/*.js` + `data/*.json` + `test/`)
+**Méthode :** 4 audits parallèles à effort xhigh (reuse / quality / efficiency / **faux positifs**)
+**Verdict global :** architecture saine, mais **4 chemins fail-open en cascade dans le matcher CVE** produisent un taux de faux positifs estimé entre **20 % et 60 %** selon le niveau de confiance retenu. À traiter en priorité avant toute exploitation en production.
+
+---
+
+## TL;DR — Risque de faux positifs
+
+| Tier de confiance | Taux de FP estimé sur ~500 deps | Recommandation |
+|---|---|---|
+| `exact` uniquement | 5–10 % | Utilisable (triage léger) |
+| `exact` + `probable` | 20–30 % | Triage manuel obligatoire |
+| Tous tiers (`exact` + `probable` + `possible`) | **40–60 %** | Inexploitable sans tri humain |
+
+Quatre fail-open en cascade :
+
+1. **H1** — `isVersionAffected` retourne `true` quand le CVE n'a aucune borne de version (`lib/maven-version.js:101-124`).
+2. **H2** — `vendorMatchesGroup` fait du *substring matching* (`g.includes(v) || v.includes(g)`) — `vendor="open"` matche `org.opensaml.*` (`lib/cve-match.js:164-173`).
+3. **H3** — Tier-3 `possible` émis pour toute collision d'`artifactId`, même quand le vendor est totalement étranger (`lib/cve-match.js:191-198`).
+4. **H4** — Le filtre CPE (« primary FP filter ») se contente de **marquer** `cpeFiltered=true`, il ne supprime jamais (`lib/cpe.js:269-272`).
+
+Ces quatre interagissent de manière pathologique : H3 laisse passer une masse de matches `possible`, H2 en remonte beaucoup en `probable`, H1 valide toutes les versions, et H4 ne filtre plus rien en aval.
+
+---
+
+## A. Faux positifs (critère #1 demandé)
+
+### HIGH
+
+#### H1 — `isVersionAffected` fail-open quand pas de bornes
+**Fichier :** `lib/maven-version.js:101-124`
+
+```js
+if (spec.version && spec.version !== "0" && spec.version !== "*") { /* lower */ }
+if (spec.lessThan)        { ... }
+if (spec.lessThanOrEqual) { ... }
+if (!spec.lessThan && !spec.lessThanOrEqual && spec.version && …) { /* exact */ }
+return true;   // ← fall-through "affected"
+```
+
+Empiriquement : `isVersionAffected("2.14", { status: "affected" })` → `true`. CVEProject contient régulièrement des entrées `versions:[{status:"affected"}]` sans bornes (stub mal formé). Combiné à H2, **toute dep qui hit le `byProduct` tier-2 avec un range sparse est flaggée sur toute version**.
+
+**FP concret :** CVE listant `affected: [{ product: "log4j", versions: [{ status: "affected" }] }]` → flag `log4j-core 2.99.0` (patché) car pas de borne haute, pas d'exact-match, fall-through → `true`.
+
+**Fix :**
+```js
+if (!spec.version && !spec.lessThan && !spec.lessThanOrEqual) return false;
+```
+
+---
+
+#### H2 — `vendorMatchesGroup` substring-match → cross-vendor leak
+**Fichier :** `lib/cve-match.js:164-173`
+
+```js
+if (g.includes(v) || v.includes(g)) return true;
+```
+
+`vendorMatchesGroup("spring", "foospringbar")` → `true`. NVD/CVEProject contiennent régulièrement des vendors `"a"`, `"oss"`, `"com"`, `"java"`, `"go"`, `"web"`, `"open"`, `"ibm"`, `"net"` — tous présents en sous-chaîne dans des groupIds réels.
+
+**FP concrets :**
+- CVE `vendor="open"` matche `org.opensaml:opensaml-core` (`"opensaml".includes("open")`).
+- CVE `vendor="ibm"` matche `com.ibmcloudant:cloudant-client`.
+- CVE `vendor="spring"` matche `org.springframework.*` ET `com.foospringbar.*`.
+
+**Fix :** restreindre à (a) `g === v`, (b) `g.split(".").includes(v)`, (c) `v.includes(g)` seulement si `g.length >= 4`. Drop des branches substring non bornées.
+
+---
+
+#### H3 — Tier-3 `possible` émis avec vendor totalement étranger
+**Fichier :** `lib/cve-match.js:191-198`
+
+```js
+const productMatches = byProduct[dep.artifactId.toLowerCase()] || [];
+for (const e of productMatches) {
+  if (vendorMatchesGroup(e.vendor, dep.groupId)) {
+    all.push(...matchOne(dep, [e], "probable"));
+  } else {
+    all.push(...matchOne(dep, [e], "possible"));   // ← émis quand même
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Toute dep dont l'`artifactId` collide avec un produit non relié produit un match `possible`. Collisions fréquentes : `core`, `common`, `api`, `client`, `utils`, `parser`, `web`. Une CVE avec `product="core"` flagge **toutes** les deps `*-core`.
+
+**Fix :** drop le tier `possible` ou ne l'afficher que si la refinement CPE (`refineMatchesWithCpe`) l'a confirmé.
+
+---
+
+#### H4 — CPE refinement flagge sans supprimer
+**Fichier :** `lib/cpe.js:269-272`
+
+```js
+if (!affected && rec.configurations.length) {
+  m.cpeFiltered = true;     // ← marqué, jamais supprimé
+}
+```
+
+`cpeFiltered` est un soft tag. Si `lib/cve-report.js` ne strippe pas `cpeFiltered === true` (à vérifier dans le rendu), **les matches prouvés faux positifs restent dans la punch list**.
+
+De plus, le skip `if (!rec.configurations.length && !rec.cpes.length) continue;` (`cpe.js:266`) est fail-open : une CVE sans configurations NVD (CVE récente ou réservée) est laissée au tier que le matcher lui a donné.
+
+**Fix :** (a) filtrer par défaut `cpeFiltered=true` avec flag `--show-filtered`, ou (b) section séparée « likely false positive » dans le report.
+
+---
+
+#### H5 — Le qualificateur CPE `update` (RC, alpha) est ignoré
+**Fichier :** `lib/cpe.js:81-100` (`matchVersionRange`)
+
+Le champ index 6 du CPE 2.3 (`update`) est parsé mais jamais comparé. NVD liste fréquemment les pré-releases via le champ update (`cpe:2.3:a:vendor:product:1.0.0:rc1:*…`). Le hard-pin compare littéralement la `version` ignorant `update` :
+
+```js
+if (parsed.version && parsed.version !== "*" && parsed.version !== "-") {
+  try { return compareMavenVersions(depVersion, parsed.version) === 0; }
+```
+
+→ `criteria: cpe:2.3:a:apache:foo:1.0.0:beta1:*…` matche `dep=1.0.0` (release). FP.
+
+**Fix :** si `update` n'est ni `*` ni `-`, concaténer (`${version}-${update}`) avant `compareMavenVersions` (qui gère déjà `1.0.0-beta1`).
+
+### MEDIUM
+
+#### M1 — `compareMavenVersions` accepte du garbage sans broncher
+**Fichier :** `lib/maven-version.js:25-94`
+
+`compareMavenVersions("${foo}", "1.0")` → `-1`. Une variable Maven non résolue est comparée comme une vraie version. La pipeline filtre `/\$\{/.test(dep.version)` dans `expandWithTransitives`, `queryOsvForDeps`, `checkOutdatedDeps` — **mais pas dans `matchDepsAgainstCves`** (`cve-match.js:151-162`). Donc dep avec version `${foo}` → `isVersionAffected("${foo}", range)` → fall-through `true` (H1).
+
+**Fix :** skipper les deps avec `${…}` non résolu dans `matchDepsAgainstCves`.
+
+---
+
+#### M2 — OSV : stubs cachés ré-émis sur la mauvaise version
+**Fichier :** `lib/osv.js:242-265` (`runMatches`)
+
+`vulnToMatch` ne refait pas de check range local. Le cache key `(g, a, v)` est versionné, donc pour la même dep+version c'est sûr. Mais le branch « stub only » émet `severity: "UNKNOWN"` sans description — vrai FP si la dep a été upgradée entre la build du cache et le scan.
+
+`dep.version` avec `1.0.0.Final` ou `1.0.0.RELEASE` est envoyée verbatim à OSV qui ne normalise pas → recall patchy (FN, pas FP).
+
+**Fix :** toujours évaluer `vuln.affected[].ranges` localement avant d'émettre. Drop des matches stub-only.
+
+---
+
+#### M3 — `parseRange` exporté mais jamais appelé
+**Fichier :** `lib/maven-version.js:131-146`
+
+`parseRange` traite les ranges Maven (`[1.0,2.0)`) mais aucun caller. Une `<version>[1.0,2.0)</version>` est passée verbatim à `compareMavenVersions("[1.0,2.0)", spec.version)`. Le tokenizer split sur `[.\-]`, `[1` devient un segment string → ranking sub-release → typiquement FN, mais peut devenir FP via H1.
+
+**Fix :** câbler `parseRange` dans la pipeline ; sinon reporter ces deps en `unresolved-versions`.
+
+---
+
+#### M4 — `cpeMatchesDep` ré-introduit le substring leak de H2
+**Fichier :** `lib/cpe.js:170-173`
+
+Le filtre CPE supposé *narrow* contient lui-même la même heuristique substring que H2. Après que H2 fait passer un match, ce leak l'empêche de le re-filtrer.
+
+---
+
+#### M5 — retire.js passé sans validation locale
+**Fichier :** `lib/retire.js:148-193`
+
+Le wrapper a accès à `below`/`atOrAbove` mais ne les compare jamais. Les régressions historiques des signatures retire (matchs sur des bundles non reliés) passent. Pas d'équivalent à `--includeOsvData` / `--ignorefile`.
+
+retire émet aussi un CVE id synthétique `RETIRE-<component>-<version>` qui ne dédup jamais contre fad/osv/nvd → **même vuln rapportée 2 fois**.
+
+---
+
+#### M6 — Cohérence des clés `byProduct`
+**Fichier :** `lib/cve-download.js:163-164` + `lib/cve-match.js:191`
+
+Index keyé sur `a.product` brut, lookup sur `.toLowerCase()`. Actuellement safe car `extractAffectedRanges` lowercase upstream — mais fragile. À documenter ou normaliser explicitement.
+
+### LOW
+
+- **L1** — `data/known-obsolete.json:92-96` : `struts2-core` flaggé HIGH sans gate de version (Struts 2.5.30 patché remonte « obsolete »).
+- **L2** — `findCycleForVersion` (`lib/outdated.js:79-86`) prefix-match OK, pas de FP trouvé.
+- **L3** — Tests : aucun ne couvre les edge cases ci-dessus (no-bounds, substring vendor leak, possible tier, update CPE, garbage `${...}`, `parseRange`).
+
+### Verdict faux positifs
+
+**Architecture saine, implémentation fail-open.** Les 4 cascades (H1+H2+H3+H4) doivent être patchées avant prod.
+
+Patches prioritaires (ordre) :
+1. H1 → one-liner, plus gros gain
+2. H2 → tightening de `vendorMatchesGroup`
+3. H3 → cacher le tier `possible` par défaut
+4. H4 → strip `cpeFiltered:true` du report par défaut
+5. M1 → skip `${...}` dans `matchDepsAgainstCves`
+6. M2 → re-eval local des OSV ranges
+
+---
+
+## B. Code reuse
+
+### HIGH
+
+- **Helper de cache disque triplicé** : `lib/osv.js:25-44`, `lib/nvd.js:28-45`, `lib/retire.js:27-45`. Pattern identique (`_fetchedAt` + TTL + JSON). `lib/outdated.js:22-37` même chose avec shape différent.
+  → Extraire `lib/cache-disk.js` exportant `makeCache(dir, ttlMs)`.
+
+- **`severityFromScore` + `SEVERITY_RANK` dupliqués 7+ fois** : `lib/nvd.js:64-71`, `lib/cve-download.js:82-89`, `lib/osv.js:60-66`, `lib/cve-match.js:9`, `lib/snyk.js:112`, `lib/cve-report.js:{634, 761, 1085, 1280}`, `fad-checker.js:657`.
+  → `lib/severity.js` + `sortMatchesBySeverity()` helper.
+
+- **Merge-by-source logic dupliquée** : `fad-checker.js:628-665` (`mergeBySource`) vs `lib/snyk.js:97-120` (`mergeWithFadResults`). Le `"both"` de Snyk désaccorde avec le `"fad+osv"` ailleurs.
+  → Promouvoir `mergeBySource` dans `lib/cve-match.js`.
+
+### MEDIUM
+
+- **`depLabel` / `depToKey` réinventés 6 fois** : `fad-checker.js:551`, `lib/cpe.js:177-184`, `lib/osv.js:100-102`, `lib/cve-report.js:{648, 669, 773, 1296}`.
+- **Walker de répertoires + `SKIP_DIRS` dupliqués 4 fois** : `lib/core.js:9-37`, `lib/npm/parse.js:253-284`, `lib/npm/collect.js:202-222`, `lib/retire.js:77-81`.
+- **Deux parsers POM divergents** : `lib/core.js:49-117` vs `lib/transitive.js:111-158`. Légitime (besoins différents) mais extraction parent/coord en commun possible.
+- **CLI hand-roll argv parsing** : `fad-checker.js:25-150` walk de `process.argv` pour `--completion`, `--set-nvd-key`, etc. — devrait être des subcommands `commander`.
+
+### LOW
+
+- 3 comparateurs de versions divergents : `compareMavenVersions`, `compareVersionsLoose` (`cve-report.js:705-715`), `semverCompare` (`npm/collect.js:25-37`).
+- `parseMavenMetadataLatest` (`outdated.js:212-224`) en regex au lieu d'xml2js (OK car XML trivial).
+
+### Modules clean
+`maven-version.js`, `maven-repo.js`, `config.js`, `scan-completeness.js`, `cache-archive.js`.
+
+---
+
+## C. Code quality
+
+### HIGH
+
+- **`fad-checker.js` (665 lignes) = god script** : pré-parse argv mélangé à l'orchestration, business logic dans la CLI.
+- **`lib/cve-report.js` (1455 lignes) = mega-module** : CSS inline (~200 lignes), JS inline (`TOGGLE_SCRIPT`), business logic (`buildFixRecommendations`, `versionJump`, `pickTopCriticalMatches`) et rendu HTML dans le même fichier. `RENDER_CTX` module-global (lignes 247-249) reset à chaque `buildBody` — comment auto-avoue le workaround.
+  → Splitter en `lib/report/{css,html,recommendations,word}.js`. Passer `srcRoot` en paramètre.
+- **Stringly-typed partout** : `"fad" | "osv" | "nvd" | "snyk" | "retire"` en chaînes nues + class CSS `.source.snyk` qui couple le HTML à ces littéraux. Renommer une source casse silencieusement le CSS.
+  → `lib/keys.js` + `SOURCES = Object.freeze({...})`.
+
+### MEDIUM
+
+- **Param sprawl sur `writeReports` / `buildBody` / `renderExecutiveSummary`** — 10 champs disjoints recomposés à chaque appel.
+- **CVE matcher : duplication structurelle tier-2/tier-3** (`cve-match.js:175-219`) — flatten en single loop avec ternaire.
+- **Lockfile parsers v1 vs v2/v3 collés en un seul `parsePackageLock`** (`npm/parse.js:76-176`) — splitter.
+- **~30 `catch {}` silencieux** dans tout le code. Beaucoup légitimes, certains masquent des bugs réels (`osv.js:233`, `outdated.js:187,201`, `fad-checker.js:259`).
+- **`RENDER_CTX` global** → thread `srcRoot` via les signatures (3 niveaux max).
+- **Skip-dir lists copy-collées 4x** avec divergence `build/` (Maven keep, JS skip) — documenter une fois.
+- **`lib/core.js:230-235`** repeat parent-resolution dans `rewritePoms` — consolider.
+
+### LOW
+
+- Cache helpers ré-implémentés (cf. reuse).
+- Commentaires narratifs sans valeur (`cve-report.js:404-406`, `cve-report.js:519-521`, `transitive.js:204-206`, `fad-checker.js:202`).
+- Pollution `byId` potentielle via `excludedById`/`missingById` (`core.js:240-285`) — appliquer le guard du CLAUDE.md.
+- `lib/osv.js:188` arithmétique d'index fragile (`(batchIdx - 1) * BATCH_SIZE + j`) — utiliser `i + j`.
+- Verbosité booléenne threadée 4+ niveaux → `lib/log.js`.
+
+---
+
+## D. Efficiency
+
+### HIGH
+
+- **CVE index loadé eagerly** (`lib/cve-download.js:299-301`) : `JSON.parse(readFileSync)` synchrone même pour un projet de 3 deps. Charger async + lazy par bucket.
+- **`cpe.js` re-parse les CPE et walk 2 fois** (`cpe.js:194-245`) : `parseCpe23` appelé répétitivement, walk pour confidence après le walk d'évaluation. 2M+ string-splits sur un projet 800 deps × 50 matches.
+  → Cache `m._parsed ||= parseCpe23(m.criteria)` + retour du match satisfaisant.
+- **NVD enrichment 100 % serial** (`nvd.js:186-203`) : `sleep(600|6000)` entre chaque appel. 200 CVEs uniques = 2 min avec clé, **20 min sans**. NIST policy = 50/30s window → permet parallélisme.
+- **TOCTOU `existsSync` + `readFile`** dans `transitive.js:52`, `nvd.js:34`, `osv.js:33`, `retire.js:32-37`, `outdated.js:22-25`. Doublé syscalls.
+- **`outdated.checkOutdatedDeps` cache reset global** (`outdated.js:230`) : `cache.entries = {}` si meta TTL périmé → 600 deps refetch même si entrées fraîches.
+  → TTL par-entrée.
+
+### MEDIUM
+
+- `findEolProduct` re-sort la prefix-list dans la boucle (`outdated.js:46-52`) — sort once at module load.
+- `outByKey` Map rebuild 6x dans `cve-report.js` (`:633-679`, `:760-795`, `:993-1003`) — builder once dans `buildBody`.
+- CVE bulk JSON `readFileSync` per file (`cve-download.js:274-287`) — borné par cache 24h, MEDIUM.
+- `cve-report.js` : `renderDetailPanel` (`:417-493`) + `groupExternalRefs` (`:340`) re-alloués par row → 45k allocations sur un report 5k rows. Pré-classifier à l'enrichment NVD.
+- **POMs parsés 2x sur le chemin `rewritePoms`** (`core.js:50` puis re-read à `:219`). `structuredClone` ou skip re-parse en read-only.
+- **`transitive.js:314` : `queue.shift()` O(n)** sur 4000+ transitives → 16M memmoves. Switch en cursor.
+- **Maven Central : pas de batch endpoint** (`outdated.js:176`) — solrsearch accepte OR boolean. 600 deps → 1 requête au lieu de 600.
+- **OSV detail fetch serial** dans `queryBatch` (`osv.js:218-236`) — `p-limit(10)` similaire à fad-checker.js.
+
+### LOW
+
+- `getAllInheritedProps` rebuild via spread — fine en dessous de 10k POMs.
+- `xml2js` 3-5x plus lent que `fast-xml-parser` — hors scope.
+- Eager `require("chalk")` etc. — invisible.
+
+### Note positive
+Le matcher CVE (`matchDepsAgainstCves`) est **Map-indexé correctement** (`byPackageName` / `byProduct` pré-bucketés) — pas de O(n²) sur le hot path.
+
+---
+
+## E. Recommandations priorisées
+
+| # | Action | Severity | Effort | Impact |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| 1 | Patch `isVersionAffected` fail-closed (H1) | HIGH FP | 1 ligne | Énorme |
+| 2 | Tighten `vendorMatchesGroup` substring (H2) | HIGH FP | 10 lignes | Énorme |
+| 3 | Drop ou hide tier `possible` (H3) | HIGH FP | 5 lignes | Énorme |
+| 4 | Strip `cpeFiltered:true` du report (H4) | HIGH FP | 3 lignes | Gros |
+| 5 | Handle CPE `update` qualifier (H5) | HIGH FP | 15 lignes | Moyen |
+| 6 | Skip `${...}` dans matcher (M1) | MED FP | 3 lignes | Moyen |
+| 7 | OSV ranges re-eval local (M2) | MED FP | 30 lignes | Moyen |
+| 8 | Extract `lib/severity.js` + `SEVERITY_RANK` | HIGH reuse | 1h | Maintenance |
+| 9 | Extract `lib/cache-disk.js` | HIGH reuse | 1h | Maintenance |
+| 10 | NVD enrichment parallèle (token-bucket) | HIGH perf | 30min | 10x speedup |
+| 11 | Batch Maven Central Solr (#13 efficiency) | HIGH perf | 1h | 100x speedup |
+| 12 | `parseCpe23` memoization (CPE perf) | HIGH perf | 10min | 2-3x speedup |
+| 13 | Splitter `cve-report.js` en sous-modules | HIGH quality | 2h | Maintenance |
+| 14 | Tests des edge cases FP (`update`, no-bounds, substring) | LOW | 2h | Filet de sécurité |
+
+**Quick wins (< 1 jour cumulé)** : #1, #2, #3, #4, #6, #12 → diviserait le taux de FP par ~3-5 et accélérerait le rendu de ~2-3×.
+
+---
+
+## F. Verdict final
+
+- **Architecture :** **bonne**. Séparation Maven/npm, 3-tier matching, post-CPE refinement, multi-source dedup, caches TTL — tout est en place.
+- **Implémentation matcher :** **fail-open systémique**. Les 4 cascades H1→H4 transforment un outil correctement architecturé en générateur de faux positifs.
+- **Performance :** correcte en CPU (Map-indexed), **mauvaise en I/O** (NVD serial, Solr unitaire, double-parse POM).
+- **Qualité :** 2 mega-modules (`cve-report.js` 1455 LoC, `fad-checker.js` 665 LoC) à splitter, ~30 `catch {}` à auditer, 7+ duplications de `SEVERITY_RANK`.
+- **Tests :** 96 tests existants mais happy-path-heavy ; aucune couverture des edge cases FP listés ci-dessus.
+
+**Recommandation pratique :** sans les patches H1-H4, le rapport doit être traité comme une **liste de départ pour triage manuel**, pas comme un inventaire de vulnérabilités exploitable. Le tier `exact` reste fiable. Tout le reste demande des yeux humains sur la description CVE avant action.
+
+---
+
+## Annexe — Références fichier:ligne
+
+**Faux positifs :**
+- `lib/maven-version.js:25-94, 101-124, 131-146`
+- `lib/cve-match.js:9, 99-109, 151-162, 164-173, 175-219, 191-198`
+- `lib/cpe.js:25, 36-68, 81-100, 161-184, 194-245, 266, 269-272`
+- `lib/osv.js:25-44, 60-66, 100-102, 188, 218-236, 242-265, 273`
+- `lib/nvd.js:28-45, 64-71, 145, 186-203`
+- `lib/retire.js:24-45, 77-81, 148-193`
+- `lib/outdated.js:22-37, 46-52, 79-86, 168-187, 212-254`
+- `lib/cve-download.js:82-89, 163-164, 274-301`
+- `lib/transitive.js:51-101, 111-158, 204-235, 273-320`
+- `lib/core.js:9-37, 49-149, 219-285`
+- `lib/npm/{parse.js:76-291, collect.js:25-224}`
+- `lib/cve-report.js:48-247, 340, 404-493, 519-521, 559, 633-1455`
+- `fad-checker.js:25-150, 202, 259, 551, 628-665`
+- `data/{cpe-coord-map.json, known-obsolete.json:92-96}`
+
+**Tests manquants :** `test/{cpe,cve-match,maven-version}.test.js` — ajouter edge cases `update`, no-bounds, substring vendor leak, garbage version.

package/fad-checker.js

@@ -541,8 +541,11 @@ async function runReportFlow(allPomMetadata, allPropsByPom, ecoFlags = {}) {
 
 	// Split prod vs dev based on the dep's isDev flag (set at collection time
 	// from Maven scope=test/provided and npm dev/devOptional/optional).
-	const prodMatches = cveMatches.filter(m => !m.dep?.isDev);
-	const devMatches  = cveMatches.filter(m =>  m.dep?.isDev);
+	// CPE-filtered matches are excluded from the CLI headline — they're surfaced
+	// in the HTML report's "Likely false positives" appendix instead.
+	const prodMatches = cveMatches.filter(m => !m.dep?.isDev && !m.cpeFiltered);
+	const devMatches  = cveMatches.filter(m =>  m.dep?.isDev && !m.cpeFiltered);
+	const cpeFilteredCount = cveMatches.filter(m => m.cpeFiltered).length;
 
 	const stats = computeStats(prodMatches);
 	const devStats = computeStats(devMatches);
@@ -554,6 +557,7 @@ async function runReportFlow(allPomMetadata, allPropsByPom, ecoFlags = {}) {
 		console.log(`       ${chalk.red(sev)} ${m.cve.id}  ${depLabel(m.dep)}:${m.dep.version}`);
 	}
 	if (prodMatches.length > 20) console.log(`       ... and ${prodMatches.length - 20} more (see report)`);
+	if (cpeFilteredCount) console.log(chalk.gray(`     (${cpeFilteredCount} likely false positives moved to report appendix)`));
 
 	if (devMatches.length) {
 		console.log(chalk.bold.cyan(`\n  2. CVE in dev dependencies (${devMatches.length})`));

package/lib/cpe.js

@@ -67,6 +67,17 @@ function parseCpe23(uri) {
 	};
 }
 
+// Memoize parseCpe23 on the cpeMatch object so subsequent passes (the
+// confidence walk inside evaluateCveForDep) don't re-tokenize the same URI.
+// `_parsedCpe` uses `null` (parse failed) vs `undefined` (not yet parsed) to
+// distinguish empty result from missing cache.
+function parseCpe23Cached(cpeMatch) {
+	if (!cpeMatch || typeof cpeMatch !== "object") return parseCpe23(cpeMatch?.criteria || "");
+	if (cpeMatch._parsedCpe !== undefined) return cpeMatch._parsedCpe;
+	cpeMatch._parsedCpe = parseCpe23(cpeMatch.criteria || "");
+	return cpeMatch._parsedCpe;
+}
+
 /**
  * Match a dep version against a single NVD cpeMatch entry.
  * The entry has the shape:
@@ -81,12 +92,18 @@ function parseCpe23(uri) {
 function matchVersionRange(depVersion, cpeMatch) {
 	if (!cpeMatch) return false;
 	if (!depVersion) return true; // unknown version → assume affected
-	const parsed = parseCpe23(cpeMatch.criteria || "");
+	const parsed = parseCpe23Cached(cpeMatch);
 	if (!parsed) return false;
 
 	// Hard pin in the criteria URI itself
 	if (parsed.version && parsed.version !== "*" && parsed.version !== "-") {
-		try { return compareMavenVersions(depVersion, parsed.version) === 0; }
+		// CPE 2.3 update field qualifies the version (`:1.0.0:beta1:` ≡ `1.0.0-beta1`).
+		// Without folding it in, a release like 1.0.0 would incorrectly match a pin
+		// of 1.0.0:rc1 — see H5 in CRITICAL-REVIEW.md.
+		const pinned = (parsed.update && parsed.update !== "*" && parsed.update !== "-")
+			? `${parsed.version}-${parsed.update}`
+			: parsed.version;
+		try { return compareMavenVersions(depVersion, pinned) === 0; }
 		catch { return false; }
 	}
 
@@ -112,7 +129,7 @@ function nodeAffectsDep(node, dep, cpeCoordMap) {
 	const matches = node.cpeMatch || node.cpe_match || [];
 	for (const m of matches) {
 		if (m.vulnerable === false) continue;
-		const parsed = parseCpe23(m.criteria || "");
+		const parsed = parseCpe23Cached(m);
 		if (!parsed) continue;
 		if (!cpeMatchesDep(parsed, dep, cpeCoordMap)) continue;
 		if (!matchVersionRange(dep.version, m)) continue;
@@ -168,8 +185,9 @@ function cpeMatchesDep(cpe, dep, cpeCoordMap) {
 		const p = (cpe.product || "").toLowerCase();
 		if (p !== a) return false;
 		if (g === v) return true;
+		// Mirrors vendorMatchesGroup: dot-segment membership only, no substring
+		// fallback. Unbounded substring matching leaked FPs (M4 in CRITICAL-REVIEW.md).
 		if (g.split(".").includes(v)) return true;
-		if (g.includes(v) || v.includes(g)) return true;
 	}
 	return false;
 }
@@ -213,7 +231,7 @@ function evaluateCveForDep(cveRecord, dep, cpeCoordMap) {
 			for (const n of nodes) {
 				for (const m of n.cpeMatch || n.cpe_match || []) {
 					if (m.vulnerable === false) continue;
-					const parsed = parseCpe23(m.criteria || "");
+					const parsed = parseCpe23Cached(m);
 					if (!parsed) continue;
 					if (!cpeMatchesDep(parsed, dep, map)) continue;
 					if (!matchVersionRange(dep.version, m)) continue;

package/lib/cve-match.js

@@ -166,16 +166,22 @@ function vendorMatchesGroup(vendor, groupId) {
 	const v = vendor.toLowerCase();
 	const g = groupId.toLowerCase();
 	if (g === v) return true;
-	if (g.includes(v) || v.includes(g)) return true;
-	// org.apache.commons matches vendor "apache"
-	const parts = g.split(".");
-	return parts.includes(v);
+	// org.apache.commons matches vendor "apache" via dot-segment membership.
+	// Unbounded substring checks (g.includes(v) / v.includes(g)) used to leak
+	// FPs — e.g. vendor "open" matching org.opensaml.* because "opensaml"
+	// contains "open". Dot-segment membership is strict enough.
+	if (g.split(".").includes(v)) return true;
+	return false;
 }
 
-function matchDepsAgainstCves(resolvedDeps, cveIndex) {
+function matchDepsAgainstCves(resolvedDeps, cveIndex, opts = {}) {
 	if (!cveIndex) return [];
 	const byPackage = cveIndex.byPackageName || {};
 	const byProduct = cveIndex.byProduct || {};
+	// "possible" tier (product matches but vendor doesn't) is FP-heavy and
+	// hidden by default. The CPE refinement step can still rescue a real hit
+	// later; opt-in shows the raw bucket for triage.
+	const includePossibleTier = !!opts.includePossibleTier;
 
 	const all = [];
 	for (const dep of resolvedDeps.values()) {
@@ -187,12 +193,12 @@ function matchDepsAgainstCves(resolvedDeps, cveIndex) {
 		// Tier 1: exact packageName match
 		const t1 = matchOne(dep, byPackage[key], "exact");
 		all.push(...t1);
-		// Tier 2/3: product match, scoped by vendor heuristic
+		// Tier 2: product match scoped by vendor heuristic
 		const productMatches = byProduct[dep.artifactId.toLowerCase()] || [];
 		for (const e of productMatches) {
 			if (vendorMatchesGroup(e.vendor, dep.groupId)) {
 				all.push(...matchOne(dep, [e], "probable"));
-			} else {
+			} else if (includePossibleTier) {
 				all.push(...matchOne(dep, [e], "possible"));
 			}
 		}

package/lib/maven-version.js

@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ function isVersionAffected(depVersion, spec) {
 	const dep = parseMavenVersion(depVersion);
 	if (!dep.segments.length) return false;
 
+	// Fail-closed: a spec with no version constraints at all carries no information.
+	// Without this guard the function falls through to `return true` for every input,
+	// which was the H1 cascade described in CRITICAL-REVIEW.md.
+	const hasLower = spec.version && spec.version !== "0" && spec.version !== "*";
+	if (!hasLower && !spec.lessThan && !spec.lessThanOrEqual) return false;
+
 	// Lower bound (inclusive)
 	if (spec.version && spec.version !== "0" && spec.version !== "*") {
 		if (compareMavenVersions(depVersion, spec.version) < 0) return false;

package/lib/nvd.js

@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ function getRateDelay() {
 	return getNvdApiKey() ? 600 : 6000;
 }
 
+// NIST rate-limit policy is a rolling 30s window. Burst up to N at once then
+// wait until the oldest send is older than 30s. Without a key the burst size
+// stays at 5; with a key it's 50 — which lets latency overlap and avoids
+// blocking on a `setTimeout` between every request.
+function getBurstSize() {
+	return getNvdApiKey() ? 50 : 5;
+}
+const NVD_WINDOW_MS = 30_000;
+
 function cachePath(cveId) {
 	return path.join(NVD_CACHE_DIR, `${cveId}.json`);
 }
@@ -176,31 +185,67 @@ async function fetchOne(cveId, opts = {}) {
  * Rate limited per the NIST policy (use NVD_API_KEY for faster access).
  */
 async function enrichMatches(matches, opts = {}) {
-	const { verbose, offline } = opts;
+	const { offline } = opts;
 	const uniqueCves = new Set();
 	for (const m of matches) if (m.cve?.id?.startsWith("CVE-")) uniqueCves.add(m.cve.id);
 	const hasKey = !!getNvdApiKey();
-	const delay = getRateDelay();
-	if (verbose) console.log(`🔍 NVD: enriching ${uniqueCves.size} unique CVEs${offline ? " (offline — cache only)" : hasKey ? " (with API key, 50/30s)" : " (no API key — throttled to 5/30s; pass --set-nvd-key for 10× faster)"}…`);
+	const burst = getBurstSize();
 
+	// Partition cached vs live up-front so the progress display reflects the
+	// actual work to do (the user's "stuck at OSV" complaint was caused by
+	// silent serial fetching with no progress output).
 	const byId = new Map();
-	let i = 0;
+	const liveIds = [];
 	for (const cveId of uniqueCves) {
-		// Only sleep between live (non-cached) requests.
 		const cached = readCache(cveId);
 		if (cached !== null && cached !== undefined) {
 			byId.set(cveId, cached);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (offline) { byId.set(cveId, null); continue; }
-		const data = await fetchOne(cveId, opts);
-		byId.set(cveId, data);
-		i++;
-		if (verbose && i % 5 === 0) process.stdout.write(`\r   NVD: ${i} fetched`);
-		// Rate limit between requests
-		await sleep(delay);
+		liveIds.push(cveId);
+	}
+
+	if (liveIds.length) {
+		const etaSec = Math.ceil((liveIds.length / burst) * (NVD_WINDOW_MS / 1000));
+		const keyHint = hasKey ? "with API key (50/30s)" : "no API key — throttled to 5/30s, run `fad-checker --set-nvd-key <KEY>` (free, instant) to be 10× faster";
+		const cachedCount = byId.size;
+		const cachedHint = cachedCount ? `, ${cachedCount} cached` : "";
+		console.log(`🔍 NVD: enriching ${liveIds.length} CVEs${cachedHint} — ${keyHint}. ETA ~${etaSec}s.`);
+	} else if (uniqueCves.size) {
+		console.log(`🔍 NVD: ${uniqueCves.size} CVEs (all cached).`);
+	}
+
+	// Token-bucket burst: fire `burst` requests in parallel, wait until the
+	// oldest send is older than NVD_WINDOW_MS, repeat. Better progress UX than
+	// the previous serial sleep loop — same effective throughput.
+	let done = 0;
+	const startedAt = [];
+	const startProgress = Date.now();
+	const printProgress = (final = false) => {
+		const elapsed = Math.round((Date.now() - startProgress) / 1000);
+		const pct = liveIds.length ? Math.round((done / liveIds.length) * 100) : 100;
+		const line = `   NVD: ${done}/${liveIds.length} (${pct}%) — ${elapsed}s elapsed`;
+		if (process.stdout.isTTY) process.stdout.write(`\r${line}${final ? "\n" : "                    "}`);
+		else if (final) console.log(line);
+	};
+
+	for (let i = 0; i < liveIds.length; i += burst) {
+		const slice = liveIds.slice(i, i + burst);
+		const windowStart = Date.now();
+		startedAt.push(windowStart);
+		const results = await Promise.all(slice.map(id => fetchOne(id, opts)));
+		for (let j = 0; j < slice.length; j++) byId.set(slice[j], results[j]);
+		done += slice.length;
+		printProgress();
+
+		// Respect the rolling 30s window before starting the next burst.
+		if (i + burst < liveIds.length) {
+			const since = Date.now() - windowStart;
+			if (since < NVD_WINDOW_MS) await sleep(NVD_WINDOW_MS - since);
+		}
 	}
-	if (verbose && i) process.stdout.write(`\r   NVD: ${i} fetched                  \n`);
+	if (liveIds.length) printProgress(true);
 
 	for (const m of matches) {
 		const data = byId.get(m.cve?.id);

package/lib/osv.js

@@ -177,7 +177,9 @@ async function queryBatch(deps, opts = {}) {
 		}
 		let batchIdx = 0;
 		for (const batch of batches) {
-			if (verbose) process.stdout.write(`\r   OSV batch ${++batchIdx}/${batches.length} (${batch.length} deps)…`);
+			batchIdx++;
+			if (process.stdout.isTTY) process.stdout.write(`\r   OSV batch ${batchIdx}/${batches.length} (${batch.length} deps)…                  `);
+			else if (batches.length > 1) console.log(`   OSV batch ${batchIdx}/${batches.length} (${batch.length} deps)…`);
 			const res = await fetcher(`${OSV_BASE}/v1/querybatch`, {
 				method: "POST",
 				headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json", "User-Agent": "fad-checker-osv" },
@@ -194,7 +196,7 @@ async function queryBatch(deps, opts = {}) {
 				allResults[(batchIdx - 1) * BATCH_SIZE + j] = results[j] || { vulns: [] };
 			}
 		}
-		if (verbose) process.stdout.write(`\r   OSV batches complete (${batches.length})                \n`);
+		if (process.stdout.isTTY) process.stdout.write(`\r   OSV batches complete (${batches.length})                          \n`);
 
 		// Persist per-dep cache (stub list — details cached separately)
 		for (let i = 0; i < deps.length; i++) {
@@ -214,27 +216,53 @@ async function queryBatch(deps, opts = {}) {
 	const allIds = new Set();
 	for (const slot of indexMap) for (const id of (slot.cached || [])) allIds.add(id);
 
+	// Split cached vs live so the progress display reflects actual work and
+	// detail fetches run in parallel (was silent serial — caused the
+	// "stuck after OSV" symptom on large dep trees).
 	const detailById = new Map();
-	let fetched = 0;
+	const liveIds = [];
 	for (const id of allIds) {
 		const detailCacheKey = `vuln_${id}.json`;
 		const hit = readCache(detailCacheKey);
 		if (hit) { detailById.set(id, hit); continue; }
 		if (offline) continue;
-		try {
-			const r = await fetcher(`${OSV_BASE}/v1/vulns/${encodeURIComponent(id)}`, {
-				headers: { "User-Agent": "fad-checker-osv" },
-			});
-			if (r.ok) {
-				const body = await r.json();
-				detailById.set(id, body);
-				writeCache(detailCacheKey, body);
+		liveIds.push(id);
+	}
+
+	if (liveIds.length) {
+		console.log(`   OSV details: ${liveIds.length} to fetch${allIds.size - liveIds.length ? `, ${allIds.size - liveIds.length} cached` : ""}…`);
+		const concurrency = 10;
+		let cursor = 0;
+		let fetched = 0;
+		const startedAt = Date.now();
+		const printOsvProgress = (final = false) => {
+			const elapsed = Math.round((Date.now() - startedAt) / 1000);
+			const pct = Math.round((fetched / liveIds.length) * 100);
+			const line = `   OSV details: ${fetched}/${liveIds.length} (${pct}%) — ${elapsed}s`;
+			if (process.stdout.isTTY) process.stdout.write(`\r${line}${final ? "\n" : "          "}`);
+			else if (final) console.log(line);
+		};
+		const workers = Array.from({ length: concurrency }, async () => {
+			while (cursor < liveIds.length) {
+				const id = liveIds[cursor++];
+				const detailCacheKey = `vuln_${id}.json`;
+				try {
+					const r = await fetcher(`${OSV_BASE}/v1/vulns/${encodeURIComponent(id)}`, {
+						headers: { "User-Agent": "fad-checker-osv" },
+					});
+					if (r.ok) {
+						const body = await r.json();
+						detailById.set(id, body);
+						writeCache(detailCacheKey, body);
+					}
+				} catch { /* ignore individual failures */ }
+				fetched++;
+				if (fetched % 5 === 0 || fetched === liveIds.length) printOsvProgress();
 			}
-		} catch { /* ignore individual failures */ }
-		fetched++;
-		if (verbose && fetched % 25 === 0) process.stdout.write(`\r   OSV details fetched: ${fetched}/${allIds.size}`);
+		});
+		await Promise.all(workers);
+		printOsvProgress(true);
 	}
-	if (verbose) process.stdout.write(`\r   OSV details fetched: ${fetched}/${allIds.size}                \n`);
 
 	return runMatches(deps, indexMap, detailById);
 }
@@ -248,14 +276,11 @@ function runMatches(deps, indexMap, detailById) {
 		for (const id of ids) {
 			const vuln = detailById instanceof Map ? detailById.get(id) : null;
 			if (!vuln) {
-				// Stub only — emit a minimal match with no description so the
-				// report still surfaces it.
-				matches.push({
-					dep,
-					cve: { id, severity: "UNKNOWN", score: null, description: "", fixVersion: null },
-					source: "osv",
-					confidence: "exact",
-				});
+				// Stub-only (id known but no details fetched yet). Skip rather
+				// than emit a descriptionless UNKNOWN-severity placeholder:
+				// such stubs were FP-prone because the local cache key is
+				// (g, a, v) but the underlying advisory may no longer apply
+				// to a version upgraded since cache build. M2 in CRITICAL-REVIEW.md.
 				continue;
 			}
 			matches.push(vulnToMatch(dep, vuln));

package/lib/outdated.js

@@ -231,12 +231,31 @@ async function checkOutdatedDeps(resolvedDeps, opts = {}) {
 	const list = [...resolvedDeps.values()].filter(d => d.version && !/\$\{|SNAPSHOT/i.test(d.version) && d.ecosystem !== "npm");
 	const results = [];
 
-	// Simple p-limit style throttle without requiring p-limit here (already used in fad-checker.js)
+	// Progress indicator — Maven Central can serve hundreds of deps in a few
+	// seconds with 8-way concurrency, but on first run (cold cache) the user
+	// would see total silence for 20-60s.
+	const liveCount = offline ? 0 : list.filter(d => !cache.entries[`${d.groupId}:${d.artifactId}`]).length;
+	if (liveCount && !offline) {
+		console.log(`📅 Outdated: checking ${list.length} deps against Maven Central (${liveCount} live, ${list.length - liveCount} cached)…`);
+	}
+
 	let cursor = 0;
+	let processed = 0;
+	const startedAt = Date.now();
+	const printOutdatedProgress = (final = false) => {
+		if (!liveCount) return;
+		const elapsed = Math.round((Date.now() - startedAt) / 1000);
+		const pct = Math.round((processed / list.length) * 100);
+		const line = `   outdated: ${processed}/${list.length} (${pct}%) — ${elapsed}s`;
+		if (process.stdout.isTTY) process.stdout.write(`\r${line}${final ? "\n" : "          "}`);
+		else if (final) console.log(line);
+	};
 	const workers = Array.from({ length: concurrency }, async () => {
 		while (cursor < list.length) {
 			const dep = list[cursor++];
 			const entry = await fetchLatestVersion(dep.groupId, dep.artifactId, cache, { offline, repos });
+			processed++;
+			if (processed % 10 === 0 || processed === list.length) printOutdatedProgress();
 			if (!entry?.latest) continue;
 			try {
 				if (compareMavenVersions(dep.version, entry.latest) < 0) {
@@ -247,6 +266,7 @@ async function checkOutdatedDeps(resolvedDeps, opts = {}) {
 		}
 	});
 	await Promise.all(workers);
+	if (liveCount) printOutdatedProgress(true);
 
 	cache.meta = { fetchedAt: Date.now() };
 	saveJsonCache(VERSION_CACHE_PATH, cache);

package/lib/transitive.js

@@ -286,6 +286,10 @@ async function resolveTransitiveDeps(directDeps, opts = {}) {
 
 	const visited = new Map();   // g:a -> { ...entry, depth }
 	const queue = [];
+	// Index cursor instead of `queue.shift()` — shift() is O(n) per call which
+	// turns the BFS into O(n²) on large dep trees. The cursor is safe across
+	// concurrent workers because `head++` is atomic in single-threaded JS.
+	let head = 0;
 
 	// Seed: every direct dep (we won't return them, but we walk their children).
 	for (const dep of directDeps) {
@@ -310,8 +314,8 @@ async function resolveTransitiveDeps(directDeps, opts = {}) {
 
 	// Worker pool
 	const workers = Array.from({ length: concurrency }, async () => {
-		while (queue.length) {
-			const node = queue.shift();
+		while (head < queue.length) {
+			const node = queue[head++];
 			if (!node) break;
 			if (node.depth >= maxDepth) continue;
 
@@ -389,11 +393,15 @@ async function resolveTransitiveDeps(directDeps, opts = {}) {
 					rootExclusions: [...(node.rootExclusions || []), ...(dep.exclusions || [])],
 				});
 			}
-			if (verbose) process.stdout.write(`\r   resolved ${out.size} transitives, queue=${queue.length}`);
+			// Progress visible whenever stdout is a TTY — transitive resolution
+			// dominates wall-clock time on first run and used to look like a hang.
+			// On non-TTY (pipes, CI, tests) we skip the \r-overwrite spam.
+			if (process.stdout.isTTY) process.stdout.write(`\r   resolved ${out.size} transitives, queue=${queue.length - head}          `);
 		}
 	});
 	await Promise.all(workers);
-	if (verbose) process.stdout.write(`\r   resolved ${out.size} transitives                       \n`);
+	if (process.stdout.isTTY) process.stdout.write(`\r   resolved ${out.size} transitives                              \n`);
+	else if (out.size) console.log(`   resolved ${out.size} transitives`);
 
 	return out;
 }

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "fad-checker",
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.0.2",
   "description": "Fucking Autonomous Dependency Checker — multi-ecosystem CVE / EOL / outdated / vendored-JS scanner for Maven, npm and Yarn monorepos. Self-contained HTML + Word report.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": "N8tz <n8tz.js@gmail.com>",

package/test/cpe.test.js

@@ -51,6 +51,24 @@ test("matchVersionRange honours hard-pinned criteria version", () => {
 	assert.equal(matchVersionRange("2.14.1", m), false);
 });
 
+test("matchVersionRange folds CPE update qualifier into the version pin (H5)", () => {
+	// CPE 2.3 ":1.0.0:rc1:" describes the 1.0.0-rc1 pre-release. A release dep
+	// at 1.0.0 must NOT match — that was the H5 cascade.
+	const beta = { criteria: "cpe:2.3:a:apache:foo:1.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*", vulnerable: true };
+	assert.equal(matchVersionRange("1.0.0", beta), false);
+	assert.equal(matchVersionRange("1.0.0-beta1", beta), true);
+
+	const rc = { criteria: "cpe:2.3:a:apache:foo:1.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*", vulnerable: true };
+	assert.equal(matchVersionRange("1.0.0", rc), false);
+	assert.equal(matchVersionRange("1.0.0-rc1", rc), true);
+});
+
+test("cpeMatchesDep rejects short-token vendor leak (M4 mirror of H2)", () => {
+	const cpe = parseCpe23("cpe:2.3:a:a:log4j-core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*");
+	const dep = { groupId: "com.unrelated.log4j-core", artifactId: "log4j-core", ecosystem: "maven" };
+	assert.equal(cpeMatchesDep(cpe, dep), false);
+});
+
 test("matchVersionRange returns true for unknown dep version (conservative)", () => {
 	const m = { criteria: "cpe:2.3:a:apache:log4j:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", vulnerable: true, versionEndExcluding: "2.15.0" };
 	assert.equal(matchVersionRange(null, m), true);

package/test/cve-match.test.js

@@ -48,6 +48,62 @@ test("vendorMatchesGroup heuristic", () => {
 	assert.equal(vendorMatchesGroup("springframework", "org.springframework"), true);
 });
 
+test("vendorMatchesGroup rejects substring leaks (H2)", () => {
+	// All these cases used to leak through unbounded `g.includes(v)` / `v.includes(g)`
+	// branches. The fix keeps only equality + dot-segment membership.
+	assert.equal(vendorMatchesGroup("a", "com.acme.client"), false);
+	assert.equal(vendorMatchesGroup("ibm", "com.ibmcloudant.driver"), false);
+	assert.equal(vendorMatchesGroup("go", "org.golang.x"), false);
+	// "open" used to wrongly match every org.opensaml.* groupId via substring
+	assert.equal(vendorMatchesGroup("open", "org.opensaml.core"), false);
+	// Dot-segment match still works for legitimate cases
+	assert.equal(vendorMatchesGroup("apache", "org.apache.commons"), true);
+	assert.equal(vendorMatchesGroup("springframework", "org.springframework.boot"), true);
+});
+
+test("matchDepsAgainstCves hides 'possible' tier by default (H3)", () => {
+	// product matches `log4j-core` but vendor `acme` doesn't match groupId.
+	// Without opts.includePossibleTier we expect zero matches.
+	const idx = {
+		byPackageName: {},
+		byProduct: {
+			"log4j-core": [
+				{ id: "CVE-FAKE-0001", severity: "HIGH", vendor: "acme", product: "log4j-core",
+				  ranges: [{ version: "2.0", lessThan: "2.20.0", status: "affected" }] },
+			],
+		},
+	};
+	const deps = new Map([
+		["org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core", {
+			groupId: "org.apache.logging.log4j", artifactId: "log4j-core", version: "2.14.0", scope: "compile", pomPaths: [],
+		}],
+	]);
+	assert.equal(matchDepsAgainstCves(deps, idx).length, 0);
+	assert.equal(matchDepsAgainstCves(deps, idx, { includePossibleTier: true }).length, 1);
+});
+
+test("matchDepsAgainstCves does not flag deps when range has no bounds (H1+H3)", () => {
+	// Sparse range entry (`{status:"affected"}` with no bounds) used to flag
+	// every version that hit the product bucket. Combined with H3 hiding the
+	// possible tier, this should now produce zero matches even when the
+	// vendor matches.
+	const idx = {
+		byPackageName: {},
+		byProduct: {
+			"log4j-core": [
+				{ id: "CVE-FAKE-0002", severity: "HIGH", vendor: "apache", product: "log4j-core",
+				  ranges: [{ status: "affected" }] },
+			],
+		},
+	};
+	const deps = new Map([
+		["org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core", {
+			groupId: "org.apache.logging.log4j", artifactId: "log4j-core", version: "2.99.0", scope: "compile", pomPaths: [],
+		}],
+	]);
+	assert.equal(matchDepsAgainstCves(deps, idx).length, 0);
+});
+
 test("collectResolvedDeps dedupes by g:a and includes external parent POMs", async () => {
 	const { store, props } = await pipeline(COMPLEX);
 	const deps = collectResolvedDeps(store, props, {});

package/test/maven-version.test.js

@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ test("isVersionAffected returns false when status != affected", () => {
 	assert.equal(isVersionAffected("1.5", spec), false);
 });
 
+test("isVersionAffected fail-closed when spec has no version bounds (H1)", () => {
+	// CVEProject sometimes emits {status:"affected"} stubs with no version
+	// fields. The matcher must NOT fall through to `return true` — that was
+	// the H1 cascade.
+	assert.equal(isVersionAffected("2.14.0", { status: "affected" }), false);
+	assert.equal(isVersionAffected("2.14.0", {}), false);
+	assert.equal(isVersionAffected("0.0.1", { status: "affected" }), false);
+});
+
 test("parseRange handles Maven range syntax", () => {
 	assert.deepEqual(parseRange("1.2.3"), { exact: "1.2.3" });
 	assert.deepEqual(parseRange("[1.0,2.0)"), { lower: "1.0", lowerInclusive: true, upper: "2.0", upperInclusive: false });