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  • hello_hello [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    The only people who will have this vulnerability AFAIK (and have it be actionable with the ssh backdoor) are folks running Debian unstable on a ssh server. The shitty part about this is a rupture in trust for the maintainers at xz.

    Honestly, the attacker picked a really shitty time frame considering their payload isn’t in any important point releases where they could have the most effect.