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## xz-backdoor.md

      
        
          
            
              
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                Fuyutsubaki
                / xz-backdoor.md
            
            
              Created
              March 30, 2024 10:16
                — forked from thesamesam/xz-backdoor.md
            
              
                xz-utils backdoor situation
              
          
        
      
        
  
      
    FAQ on the xz-utils backdoor

Background

On March 29th, 2024, a backdoor was discovered in
xz-utils, a suite of software that
gives developers lossless compression. This package is commonly used
for compressing release tarballs, software packages, kernel images,
and initramfs images. It is very widely distributed, statistically
your average Linux or macOS system will have it installed for