CVE-2026-71272: Go Base64 Decode Ignored Error Fallback
Base64 decoding error is ignored by checking `err == nil` for assignment. If the input is invalid base64, decoding fails silently and the code falls back to raw or default key bytes without error handling.
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Base64 decoding error is ignored by checking `err == nil` for assignment. If the input is invalid base64, decoding fails silently and the code falls back to raw or default key bytes without error handling.
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