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Inside the critical path.

Historical CVEs, brought together to preview the reading experience.

03CRITICAL CVEs
2 original · 1 external
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01 / THE DEEP DIVE 10.0 CRITICAL
CVE-2021-44228

Apache Log4j

How a logging feature turned untrusted text into a path to remote code execution.

UNTRUSTED INPUTLOOKUP ENGINEOUTSIDE THE APP
When data becomes an instruction.
2 min readNot locally tested
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02 / THE DEEP DIVE 9.1 CRITICAL
CVE-2019-10744

Lodash

Understanding prototype pollution: when merging an object changes more than that object.

2 min readSource analysis only
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03 / FROM THE COMMUNITY 10.0 CRITICAL
CVE-2024-3094

XZ Utils

A backdoor in the software supply chain. Read the original technical investigation that exposed it.

Andres Freund · oss-securityExternal article
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