# slack-go \`SecretsVerifier\` accepts empty signing secret without precondition

Advisory record · `GHSA-gxhx-2686-5h9g`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-gxhx-2686-5h9g` · `GO-2026-5410`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 4.0, no score published
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-287](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html) · [CWE-326](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/326.html) · [CWE-1391](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1391.html)
- **Tags:** [Authentication bypass](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/auth-bypass.md) · [Weak cryptography or TLS](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/weak-crypto.md) · [Hard-coded credentials](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/hard-coded-credentials.md)
- **Published:** 14 May 2026
- **Updated:** 10 Sept 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 14 May 2026, 20:52 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `github.com/slack-go/slack` (Go): affected `<0.23.1`; fixed in `0.23.1`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- Score not published, CVSS 4.0: `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U`, from GitHub Advisory Database

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** No score.

## Timeline

- 31 Oct 2026, 14:14 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:14 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-gxhx-2686-5h9g)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-gxhx-2686-5h9g](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gxhx-2686-5h9g)
- [OSV: GHSA-gxhx-2686-5h9g](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-gxhx-2686-5h9g)
- <https://github.com/slack-go/slack/security/advisories/GHSA-gxhx-2686-5h9g>
- <https://github.com/slack-go/slack/commit/34ad5c052e446f58505ae8d81a2a72821de107cc>
- <https://github.com/slack-go/slack>
- <https://github.com/slack-go/slack/releases/tag/v0.23.1>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-gxhx-2686-5h9g>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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