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zhlynn/zsign

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Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for zhlynn/zsign, a C++ project with 1,940 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 42,419 lines of code across 74 source files, recording 88 pattern matches distributed across 1 syntactic category. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 2.0 (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.

2.0
Adjusted Signal
2.0
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-20
Last Push
1.9K
Stars
C++
Language
42.4K
Lines of Code
74
Files
88
Pattern Hits
2026-10-31
Scan Date
0.00
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 9.7/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 88 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? 0 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 9.8/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 88 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 0MEDIUM 0LOW 88

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 88 distinct pattern matches across 1 syntactic category. 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 Block88 hits · 86 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWsrc/certcheck.h1#pragma onceCOMMENT
LOWsrc/zsign.cpp1#include "common.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/certcheck.cpp1#include "common.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/certcheck.cpp21#include <openssl/cms.h>COMMENT
LOWsrc/signing.cpp681COMMENT
LOWsrc/common/common.h1#pragma onceCOMMENT
LOWsrc/common/common.h21COMMENT
LOWsrc/common/common.h41#include <memory>COMMENT
LOWsrc/common/mach-o.h21#define CPU_TYPE_I386 CPU_TYPE_X86 /* compatibility */COMMENT
LOWsrc/common/mach-o.h61#define CPU_SUBTYPE_BIG_ENDIAN 1COMMENT
LOWsrc/common/mach-o.h81#define CPU_SUBTYPE_PENTIUM_3_M CPU_SUBTYPE_INTEL(8, 1)COMMENT
LOWsrc/common/mach-o.h101#define CPU_SUBTYPE_X86_ALL 3COMMENT
LOWsrc/common/mach-o.h121#define CPU_SUBTYPE_ARM_V7M 15COMMENT
LOWsrc/common/mach-o.h141#define MH_OBJECT 0x1 /* relocatable object file */COMMENT
LOWsrc/common/mach-o.h161#define MH_TWOLEVEL 0x00000080COMMENT
LOWsrc/common/mach-o.h181COMMENT
LOWsrc/common/mach-o.h201#define LC_SUB_UMBRELLA 0x00000013COMMENT
LOWsrc/common/mach-o.h221#define LC_FUNCTION_STARTS 0x00000026COMMENT
LOWsrc/common/mach-o.h241 in it and nothing relocated to it, that isCOMMENT
LOWsrc/common/mach-o.h261#define S_MOD_INIT_FUNC_POINTERS 0x09COMMENT
LOWsrc/common/json.cpp1#include "json.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/common/archive.cpp1#include "archive.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/minizip/unzip.c61COMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/minizip/unzip.c81#ifdef NO_ERRNO_HCOMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/minizip/unzip.c101#ifndef UNZ_BUFSIZECOMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/minizip/zip.c21COMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/minizip/zip.c41COMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/minizip/zip.c61# define ALLOC(size) (malloc(size))COMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/minizip/zip.c81#endifCOMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/minizip/zip.h41#define _zip12_HCOMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/minizip/zip.h61#define Z_BZIP2ED 12COMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/minizip/unzip.h41*/COMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/minizip/unzip.h61COMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/minizip/ioapi.h21#ifndef _ZLIBIOAPI64_HCOMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/minizip/ioapi.h41 #ifndef _LARGEFILE64_SOURCECOMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/minizip/ioapi.h61#define ftello64 ftelloCOMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/minizip/ioapi.h81 #include <stdint.h>COMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/minizip/ioapi.h101COMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/minizip/ioapi.h121#define ZLIB_FILEFUNC_SEEK_END (2)COMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/minizip/iowin32.c21#define INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE (0xFFFFFFFF)COMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/zlib/zutil.h21COMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/zlib/zutil.h41typedef unsigned short ush;COMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/zlib/zutil.h61#define ERR_RETURN(strm,err) \COMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/zlib/zutil.h101# include <alloc.h>COMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/zlib/zutil.h121# define OS_CODE 4COMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/zlib/zutil.h141# define OS_CODE 7COMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/zlib/zutil.h181# define OS_CODE 3 /* assume Unix */COMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/zlib/zutil.h201# define HAVE_MEMCPYCOMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/zlib/zutil.h221# include <stdio.h>COMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/zlib/crc32.c81# elseCOMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/zlib/crc32.c801 crc0 = crc_braid_table[0][word0 & 0xff];COMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/zlib/zutil.c61#endifCOMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/zlib/zutil.c81#endifCOMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/zlib/zutil.c101# ifdef NO_snprintfCOMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/zlib/gzguts.h1/* gzguts.h -- zlib internal header definitions for gz* operationsCOMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/zlib/gzguts.h21#include "zlib.h"COMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/zlib/gzguts.h41#endifCOMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/zlib/gzguts.h61# endifCOMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/zlib/gzguts.h81# endifCOMMENT
LOWsrc/third-party/zlib/gzguts.h101# endifCOMMENT
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