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		TobyTheDog123 on April 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NPM package event-source-polyfill compromised by p... Until something bundled with a large amount of linux distros has a root privilege escalation[1]. [1] https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2022...

djbusby on April 9, 2022 [–]

Aren't bugs different than malice? I sure hope so or I'm in a tight spot.

TobyTheDog123 on April 9, 2022 | [–]

My main point was that it's silly to treat stdlibs as gospel and everything else as vulnerable nonsense.

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