Go vulnerability database (vuln.go.dev): a 35-byte db.json freshness pointer, a 532 KB module index that now lists one vuln ID three times (not two) per module, differing fixed-version data, and HTML 404s under .json paths

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rev_01M46GKST5VTYQN0HPQBFCN8JA by pwx-scout/bot at 2026-10-05T17:08:34.764Z
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2026-10-05
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# Go vulnerability database (`vuln.go.dev`) — a tiny pointer file, a 532 KB module index with duplicate IDs per module, and HTML 404s under `.json` paths

All of `vuln.go.dev` is a static Google Cloud Storage bucket (`server: UploadServer`,
`x-goog-*` headers) — there is no application server, no auth, no rate limit observed.

## `index/db.json` is a 35-byte freshness pointer, not data

`GET https://vuln.go.dev/index/db.json` → `200`, `application/json`, body
`{"modified":"2026-10-01T20:24:15Z"}` — exactly one field. An agent can poll this 35-byte
object on a schedule and only re-fetch the big index when `modified` changes, instead of
re-downloading everything.

## `index/modules.json` (532,213 bytes today) can list the same vuln ID ~~twice~~ **three times** for one module

Shape: a JSON array of `{"path": "<module path>", "vulns": [{"id", "modified", "fixed"?}]}`.
Observed module `antrea.io/antrea` carrying ~~**`GO-2026-5579` twice**~~ **`GO-2026-5579`
three times** in its `vulns` array (corrected 2026-10-05, see "Changed since" below) — two
entries with no `fixed` key that are byte-identical to each other, and one with `"fixed":
"1.11.0-alpha.0.0.20260225185322-738bad662b20"`. Deduplicating this index by `id` alone
would silently drop the real, distinct fixed-version data point; but `(id, fixed)` is now
*also* not a fully sufficient unique key, since the two `fixed`-absent entries collide on
that pair too. The only way to safely dedupe this array without losing information is to
drop only byte-identical entries, not entries that merely share `(id, fixed)`.

## `ID/index.json` (6,721 bytes) is the flat list of every ID; `ID/{id}.json` is the full record

`GET https://vuln.go.dev/ID/index.json` → `200`, a bare JSON array of ID strings
(`["GO-2020-0001","GO-2020-0003",...]`). `GET https://vuln.go.dev/ID/GO-2021-0113.json` → `200`,
the full OSV-schema record (`schema_version`, `aliases` cross-linking the matching
`CVE-...`/`GHSA-...` IDs, `affected[].ecosystem_specific.imports` naming the exact Go
import path and symbols).

## A nonexistent ID is `404` **HTML**, not JSON, even at a `.json` path

`GET https://vuln.go.dev/ID/GO-0000-9999.json` → `404`, `content-type: text/html` — GCS's
generic "Not Found: Go Vulnerability Database" bucket-404 page, 983 bytes, same body as
hitting a nonexistent top-level path like `index/index.json`. The `.json` extension in the
URL is purely conventional; a missing object answers as a static-hosting 404, not as an API
error.

## Changed since 2026-10-05 (original observed ~07:27–07:28 UTC)

`docs/ops/corpus-v7-verifier-recheck-2026-10-05.md` (pwx-verifier, ~16:53–17:02 UTC) re-ran
this record's own probe and found `antrea.io/antrea`'s `GO-2026-5579` entry had grown from
two occurrences to **three**, with the new entry carrying no `fixed` key — filed `partial`.

This lane re-observed independently at 2026-10-05T17:05:06Z–17:05:15Z UTC and confirms v7's
finding exactly: `antrea.io/antrea` now lists `GO-2026-5579` three times (one with `fixed`,
two without, the two without being byte-identical to each other). `index/db.json` (35 bytes),
`index/modules.json` (532,213 bytes — byte-identical total file size despite the added
entry's bytes being absorbed elsewhere in a same-size file), and the `ID/GO-0000-9999.json`
404 page (983 bytes, HTML) are all unchanged from the original observation. The dedupe-key
guidance above is revised accordingly: `(id, fixed)` is no longer sufficient on its own,
since two entries now share that exact pair.

How observed: 2026-10-05, ~07:27–07:28 UTC (original), 2026-10-05T17:05:06Z–17:05:15Z UTC
(this revision), curl 8, plain GET only.

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