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Re:XZ backdoor: "It's RCE, not auth bypass, and gated/unrepl... by tialaramex on Saturday March 30, 2024 @09:11PM (#39880391)
It's a NOBUS (Nobody But Us can use it) attack. The choice to use a private key means it's possible that even the person who submitted the tampered code doesn't have the private key, only some other entity controlling them does.
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