AI Slop Code Risk Monitor

openssh/openssh-portable

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Portable OpenSSH

2.4 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for openssh/openssh-portable, a C project with 4,071 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 219,909 lines of code across 574 source files, recording 462 pattern matches distributed across 6 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 2.4 (Low pattern signal); it is not an authorship estimate.

Use the findings to ask whether maintainers can explain intent, verify dependencies, simplify unnecessary scaffolding, and focus review effort. Risk Payload v1 adds ownership, supply-chain, over-engineering, and review-effort vectors when available. These are prompts for human verification, not probabilities, security findings, or measured maintenance costs.

2.4
Adjusted Signal
2.4
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-30
Last Push
4.1K
Stars
C
Language
219.9K
Lines of Code
574
Files
462
Pattern Hits
2026-10-31
Scan Date
0.02
HC Hit Rate

Risk Review · Payload v1

Use each vector to guide manual verification of the underlying findings.

Payload schema: 1.0.0 · Engine: 2.0.0 · Scoring: heuristic-density-v1 · Scan date: 2026-10-31.

Cognitive Ownership Risk 11.3/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 462 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 0.0/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 0 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 0.0/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 1 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 11.5/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 462 finding(s).

What These Metrics Mean

Adjusted Signal
Legacy pattern score normalized per 1,000 scanned lines and multiplied by the repository-level time factor. It is not an estimate of AI authorship.
Raw Pattern Score
Sum of severity- and context-weighted pattern findings before applying the time factor.
Time Factor
A coarse multiplier based on repository last-push metadata. It does not identify when individual code was written.
Pattern Hits
Count of configured pattern findings. Review each location and surrounding code before acting.
HC Hit Rate
High- and critical-severity findings per scanned file. Severity is a configured detector weight, not proof of a vulnerability or authorship.
Lines / Files
Scan coverage denominators used by the legacy normalized score.

Pattern-Signal History

This chart tracks the legacy adjusted pattern score across scan runs. Changes can reflect source changes, scan coverage, or detector/scoring versions; they do not measure AI adoption or prove that a team refactored code. Compare runs only when their scoring versions are compatible. The dashed line tracks the raw pattern-hit count.

Severity Breakdown

Groups findings by configured severity weight. Severity is not a confidence estimate, security rating, or proof that a package is missing. Verify imports against the project's manifests and inspect each finding in its local design context.

CRITICAL 0HIGH 10MEDIUM 12LOW 440

Directory Score Breakdown

This horizontal bar chart shows where configured pattern scores accumulate across directories. Treat the bars as locations to inspect, not as evidence of authorship or code quality. Use the file-level findings to decide whether a directory needs a focused ownership, dependency, complexity, or review check.

Pattern Findings

The scanner identified 462 distinct pattern matches across 6 syntactic categories. Each entry below represents a discrete location in the source code where the engine recorded a detector match to inspect in context. Expand any category row to inspect the individual file paths, line numbers, code snippets, and the lexical context (CODE, COMMENT, or STRING) in which each match was detected.

Reading the findings table: The Severity column indicates the configured finding weight (CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW). The Context column identifies whether the match occurred inside executable code, an inline comment, or a string literal — legacy comment-context matches receive a ×1.5 score weight. The ⚡ bolt icon marks clustered matches: three or more patterns within a 10-line window, each receiving an additional ×1.5 density multiplier under the legacy scoring model.

Over-Commented Block439 hits · 418 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWauth2-passwd.c21 * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORTCOMMENT
LOWsandbox-rlimit.c21COMMENT
LOWssh-keyscan.c21#ifdef WITH_OPENSSLCOMMENT
LOWssh-keyscan.c41#include "digest.h"COMMENT
LOWauth2-hostbased.c21 * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORTCOMMENT
LOWauth2-hostbased.c41#include "misc.h"COMMENT
LOWlog.c41#include <errno.h>COMMENT
LOWkexmlkem768ecdh.c21 * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORTCOMMENT
LOWssh.c41 */COMMENT
LOWssh.c61#include <stdlib.h>COMMENT
LOWssh.c81#include "packet.h"COMMENT
LOWauth2-none.c21 * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORTCOMMENT
LOWsshbuf-misc.c21#include <sys/socket.h>COMMENT
LOWsandbox-seccomp-filter.c41COMMENT
LOWsandbox-seccomp-filter.c61#include <asm/unistd.h>COMMENT
LOWsandbox-seccomp-filter.c81COMMENT
LOWsandbox-seccomp-filter.c281#endifCOMMENT
LOWsandbox-seccomp-filter.c301 SC_DENY(__NR_newfstatat, EACCES),COMMENT
LOWsandbox-seccomp-filter.c321#ifdef __NR_statxCOMMENT
LOWsandbox-seccomp-filter.c341#ifdef __NR_exit_groupCOMMENT
LOWsandbox-seccomp-filter.c361#endifCOMMENT
LOWsandbox-seccomp-filter.c381# endifCOMMENT
LOWsandbox-seccomp-filter.c421#endifCOMMENT
LOWsandbox-seccomp-filter.c441 SC_ALLOW(__NR_poll),COMMENT
LOWsandbox-seccomp-filter.c461#ifdef __NR_shutdownCOMMENT
LOWsshbuf.c21#include <signal.h>COMMENT
LOWmonitor.c21 * NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,COMMENT
LOWmonitor.c41#include <pwd.h>COMMENT
LOWmonitor.c61#include "hostfile.h"COMMENT
LOWmonitor.c81#include "monitor_wrap.h"COMMENT
LOWsession.c41#include <sys/stat.h>COMMENT
LOWsession.c61COMMENT
LOWsession.c81#include "misc.h"COMMENT
LOWkex.c21 * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORTCOMMENT
LOWkex.c41COMMENT
LOWchannels.h41/* Definitions for channel types. */COMMENT
LOWchannels.h61#define SSH_CHANNEL_RDYNAMIC_FINISH 22 /* reverse SOCKS, finishing connect */COMMENT
LOWchannels.h221#define CHAN_EXTENDED_WRITE 2COMMENT
LOWchannels.h241#define CHAN_OUTPUT_CLOSED 3COMMENT
LOWssh-keysign.c21 * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORTCOMMENT
LOWssh-keysign.c41#include <openssl/rsa.h>COMMENT
LOWssh-gss.h21 * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORTCOMMENT
LOWssh-gss.h41# elif defined(HAVE_GSSAPI_GSSAPI_GENERIC_H)COMMENT
LOWmsg.c21 * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORTCOMMENT
LOWnchan.c21 * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORTCOMMENT
LOWsandbox-darwin.c21#include <sys/types.h>COMMENT
LOWkexgexs.c41#include "cipher.h"COMMENT
LOWmisc-agent.c21#include <sys/socket.h>COMMENT
LOWauth2-pubkeyfile.c21 * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANYCOMMENT
LOWauth2-pubkeyfile.c41COMMENT
LOWssh-sk-helper.c21 * to ssh-pkcs11-helper.c but considerably simpler as the operations forCOMMENT
LOWssh-agent.c41#include <sys/queue.h>COMMENT
LOWssh-agent.c61#include <stdarg.h>COMMENT
LOWssh-agent.c81#include "ssh-pkcs11.h"COMMENT
LOWauth.c21 * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORTCOMMENT
LOWauth.c41#include <login.h>COMMENT
LOWauth.c61#include "sshkey.h"COMMENT
LOWreadconf.c21#include <sys/un.h>COMMENT
LOWreadconf.c41#include <util.h>COMMENT
LOWkexgen.c21 * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORTCOMMENT
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Synthetic Comment Markers10 hits · 75 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
HIGHlibcrux_internal.h619 * This code was generated with the following revisions:COMMENT
HIGHlibcrux_internal.h4003 * This code was generated with the following revisions:COMMENT
HIGHlibcrux_internal.h8546 * This code was generated with the following revisions:COMMENT
HIGHlibcrux_internal.h9020 * This code was generated with the following revisions:COMMENT
HIGHlibcrux_internal.h15746 * This code was generated with the following revisions:COMMENT
HIGHlibcrux_internal.h15873 * This code was generated with the following revisions:COMMENT
HIGHlibcrux_internal.h20517 * This code was generated with the following revisions:COMMENT
HIGHlibcrux_internal.h20690 * This code was generated with the following revisions:COMMENT
HIGHlibcrux_internal.h20878 * This code was generated with the following revisions:COMMENT
HIGHlibcrux_internal.h21051 * This code was generated with the following revisions:COMMENT
Self-Referential Comments10 hits · 30 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMregress/principals-command.sh20# Create a CA key and a user certificate.COMMENT
MEDIUMregress/cert-hostkey.sh55# Create a CA key and add it to known hosts. Ed25519 chosen for speed.COMMENT
MEDIUMregress/cert-hostkey.sh219# Create a CA key and add it to known hostsCOMMENT
MEDIUMregress/multipubkey.sh12# Create a CA keyCOMMENT
MEDIUMregress/cert-userkey.sh48# Create a CA keyCOMMENT
MEDIUMregress/limit-keytype.sh25# Create a CA keyCOMMENT
MEDIUMregress/cert-file.sh9# Create a CA keyCOMMENT
MEDIUMcontrib/findssl.sh10# This file is placed in the public domain.COMMENT
MEDIUMcontrib/aix/buildbff.sh6# This file is placed in the public domain and comes with absolutelyCOMMENT
MEDIUMcontrib/aix/inventory.sh6# This file is placed into the public domain.COMMENT
AI Slop Vocabulary1 hit · 3 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMregress/channel-timeout.sh6# XXX not comprehensive. Still need -R -L agent X11 forwarding + interactiveCOMMENT
Slop Phrases1 hit · 2 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMpkcs11.h25 for you (if useful, some are missing, let me know if you needCODE
Hyper-Verbose Identifiers1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWregress/unittests/sshsig/webauthn.html745function toggleNamespaceVisibility() {CODE