"Critical Security Flaw Discovered in XZ Utilities Used by Linux Distros"
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Phoronix
Red Hat issued an urgent security alert for Fedora 41 and Fedora Rawhide users due to a security vulnerability in XZ 5.6.0/5.6.1 that could allow unauthorized remote system access. The malicious code interferes with sshd authentication via systemd, potentially enabling unauthorized access to the entire system. No fixed version has been released yet, and Debian has also issued a similar security warning. Users are advised to ensure they do not have XZ 5.6.0/5.6.1 on their systems.