hypocrite commit
nounEtymology Coined by Qiushi Wu and Kangjie Lu at the University of Minnesota in 2021.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A commit (code patch submission) that appears benign but introduces a security vulnerability.
- We then systematically study hypocrite commits, including identifying immature vulnerabilities and potential vulnerability-introducing minor patches. We also identify multiple factors that can increase the stealthiness of hypocrite commits and render the patch-review process less effective.2021, Qiushi Wu, Kangjie Lu, “On the feasibility of stealthily introducing vulnerabilities in open-source software via hypocrite commits”, in Proc. Oakland: