Fuzz Testing a Go Security CLI: 8 Targets that Found What Unit Tests Missed

1. 1Install Go's built-in fuzzer using the go install command
2. 2Identify targets in your security CLI that can be fuzz tested, such as parsers and validators
3. 3Write fuzz test cases using the go-fuzz library
4. 4Run the fuzzer using the go test command with the -fuzz flag
5. 5Analyze the results to identify and fix bugs that were missed by unit tests
6. 6Integrate fuzz testing into your CI/CD pipeline to ensure continuous testing

Developers and security engineers on a team can benefit from using fuzz testing to ensure the reliability and security of their Go applications, especially when working with security-related code

💡 Fuzz testing can help catch bugs that unit tests miss, especially in security-related code, by feeding millions of random inputs into parsers, compilers, validators, and other targets

🚨 Use Go's built-in fuzzer to catch bugs that unit tests miss and improve the security of your Go applications! 🚨