Filippo Valsorda on Nostr: 🚨 Six WebPKI Intermediate CAs are compromised. This is bigger than Heartbleed, but ...
🚨 Six WebPKI Intermediate CAs are compromised.
This is bigger than Heartbleed, but a client-side issue.
Anything that verifies certificates against public roots, like most TLS clients, is/was affected.
Details, live test, patched versions and workarounds at
https://emudhra.we-have-a-problem.comAct now.
Published at
2026-10-20 14:23:40 UTCEvent JSON
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