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The same 732-byte Python script roots every Linux distribution shipped since 2017 (copy.fail)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/linux@programming.dev
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woaw

also a good blog post about it https://xint.io/blog/copy-fail-linux-distributions

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[–] rimu@piefed.social 8 points 3 days ago

A mitigation that worked for me - https://github.com/theori-io/copy-fail-CVE-2026-31431/issues/26