Journal Update

Bitrix Vulnerability Journal Update

Use this skill after scan and journal-review.

It maintains the cumulative security-journal.json submitted by a Bitrix module developer. The key lifecycle logic is deterministic and lives in scripts/update_journal.py; do not hand-edit journal state unless the script cannot represent the case.

Inputs

• reviewed scan JSON: output of journal-review
• optional previous security-journal.json
• optional module path, used to classify vanished findings as removed when the original file no longer exists
• optional final archive SHA-256

Required Workflow

1. Run the updater:

python3 <skill-dir>/scripts/update_journal.py reviewed-scan.json \
  --previous security-journal.json \
  --module-path modules/vendor.module \
  --archive-sha256 <sha256> \
  --output security-journal.json

For the first run, omit --previous.

2. Validate the output before trusting it:

python3 <skill-dir>/scripts/update_journal.py --validate-only security-journal.json

3. Read current_state and report only the release-readiness summary:
   • ready_for_submission if blocking/open findings are zero
   • blocked if open high findings remain
   • needs_review if accepted-risk or false-positive dispositions remain

Deterministic Rules

• Findings are matched by a stable fingerprint derived from type, normalized file, line, and normalized description. Severity is intentionally excluded so a severity re-triage maps to the same finding instead of forking the journal.
• A current scan finding matching a previous finding keeps the same journal_finding_id.
• A current scan finding with no match creates a new journal finding.
• A previously open finding absent from the current scan is resolved:
  • removed if the last known file does not exist under --module-path
  • fixed otherwise
• A resolved finding that appears again is reopened with status open.
• Partner dispositions are preserved if present on a scan finding as partner_disposition.status with value false_positive or accepted_risk.
• If a current scan finding matches a previous finding that already has false_positive or accepted_risk, and the new scan does not explicitly provide a new partner_disposition, the previous developer disposition is kept. This prevents partners from re-marking the same finding after every rescan.
• The script never deletes historical findings or runs.

Output

The updater writes one cumulative journal:

{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "module": {},
  "current_state": {},
  "runs": [],
  "findings": []
}

The journal is the only artifact partners should submit with the final archive. Raw and reviewed scans may be kept locally for debugging but are not required for Marketplace submission unless requested.