Node.js has just released fixes for 10 security vulnerabilities that could put node-powered applications at risk and is urging everyone to update their systems.
Node.js has just released fixes for 10 security vulnerabilities that could put node-powered applications at risk and is urging everyone to update their systems.
I mean I’ll update my Node version, but until someone actually finds an exploit chain on a real system (instead of a vibecoded PoC) I don’t see any reason to panic. All these "could"s and "would"s in the article suggest that it’s kind of a nothing-burger imo
Uhm. There’s a release called Node2Shell, linked in the article.
Who cares if it’s vibecoded? The exploit is the exploit.
I’ll bet this is another “AI found a known vulnerability so people are making a big deal about it” like the PHP one.
I’m with you on the first part but I believe that 2/4 PHP exploits have been observed in the wild.
If it’s really a PoC, it would actually execute and therefore exploit something (otherwise it wouldn’t be a proof). In which case it doesn’t matter if it’s vibecoded or not. If you succeed in breaching a system with it, there’s an issue that needs to be fixed.
That’s exactly the thing. They call themselves PoCs, but most of the time the exploit chain that they “prove” relies on some extremely unrealistic condition, like the intruder already having elevated privileges. Or it’s just completely made up and the PoC only “works” because the AI changed the source code. It’s incredibly unreliable.
I think you’re speaking in general and not about this specific case. This is an unauthenticated remote code exploit. All that needs to happen is your website accepts a brotli from a client or from an external api and tries to read it.
This is a bad one. Broke my no deploys on Friday rule for it.
I see. Yeah then it’s crap.
Pure sensationalism. We should celebrate new tools helping us to make oir software safer … but, nah, the end is nigh … start digging, and buy non-perishables, bullets, and lube