Potential fix for code scanning alert no. 29: Useless assignment to local variable

akabarki76 · github-advanced-security[bot] · web-flow · commit baa13912dc36 · 2025-07-16T12:12:07.000+01:00
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diff --git a/third-party/github.com/letsencrypt/boulder/va/tlsalpn.go b/third-party/github.com/letsencrypt/boulder/va/tlsalpn.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func (va *ValidationAuthorityImpl) getChallengeCert(
 				return errors.New("no certificates provided")
 			}
 			// Parse the presented certificate.
-			cert, err := x509.ParseCertificate(certificates[0])
+			_, err := x509.ParseCertificate(certificates[0])
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse certificate: %w", err)
 			}

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func (va *ValidationAuthorityImpl) getChallengeCert(`
`173`	`173`	`return errors.New("no certificates provided")`
`174`	`174`	`}`
`175`	`175`	`// Parse the presented certificate.`
`176`		`- cert, err := x509.ParseCertificate(certificates[0])`
	`176`	`+ _, err := x509.ParseCertificate(certificates[0])`
`177`	`177`	`if err != nil {`
`178`	`178`	`return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse certificate: %w", err)`
`179`	`179`	`}`