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                xz-utils backdoor situation (CVE-2024-3094)
              
          
        
      
        
  
      
    FAQ on the xz-utils backdoor (CVE-2024-3094)

This is a living document. Everything in this document is made in good
faith of being accurate, but like I just said; we don't yet know everything
about what's going on.
Background

On March 29th, 2024, a backdoor was discovered in
xz-utils, a suite of software that