Linux users beware: The hidden vulnerability in curl’s SOCKS5 proxy handshake
Vulnerabilities often hide in plain sight, waiting to be uncovered. A recent discovery in curl, the popular data transfer tool, has unveiled an alarming flaw in its SOCKS5 proxy handshake. On October 11, curl’s lead developer dropped the news in a blog post, explaining it’s “the worst security problem found in curl in a long…
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