# Snyk's Fetch the Flag CTF is More Than Just a CTF

DevFeed: [Snyk's Fetch the Flag CTF is More Than Just a CTF](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/snyk-s-fetch-the-flag-ctf-is-more-than-just-a-ctf-8184.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://snyk.io/blog/snyks-fetch-the-flag-ctf/>)

Author: John Hammond

Published: 2025-02-20T05:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog RSS Feed | Snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-rss-feed-snyk.md>)

Topics: [ctf](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ctf.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Access Control](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/access-control.md>), [Apache Spark](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/spark.md>), [Exploit](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/exploit.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>)

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## AI overview

Snyk's Fetch the Flag is a 12-hour CTF event run with John Hammond for security professionals, practitioners, and the DevOps community. The article explains that CTF challenges can reflect real-world vulnerabilities, including insecure access control in an application and Apache Spark shell RCE associated with CVE-2022-33891.

## Source excerpt

Check out some of the previous Fetch the Flag challenges grounded in the same technical concepts and tactical material we've seen in the industry - and get excited for the 2025 Fetch the Flag!