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XZ Utils CVE-2024-3094: A Tale of Broken Trust, Curious Persistence, and a Call to Action

Summary

A backdoor in XZ Utils 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 (CVE-2024-3094) surfaced when Andres Freund noticed sshd slowdowns; the code hid in compressed test files after a long-grooming supply chain effort.
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