GHSA-gxhx-2686-5h9gMediumDisclosed before NVD

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

Published
May 14, 2026
Last Modified
June 29, 2026

📋 Description

SecretsVerifier in slack-go/slack before v0.23.1 accepts an empty signing secret without error. If an application is misconfigured (e.g., an unset or empty SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET), NewSecretsVerifier builds an HMAC-SHA256 keyed with an empty string, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to forge a valid X-Slack-Signature and bypass Slack request authentication. Fixed in v0.23.1, which rejects empty secrets with ErrInvalidConfiguration. This is patched in version 0.23.1.

🎯 Affected products1

  • go/github.com/slack-go/slack:< 0.23.1

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