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That extension has 29 million installs, one of the most popular extensions in DevOps. It creates a reverse SSH backdoor.
Kevin Beaumont
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2026-10-30 08:13:38 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…t3nm
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2026-10-30 08:13:38 UTCEvent JSON
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