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๐Ÿšจ TARmageddon Alert! ๐Ÿ”ฅ Async-Tar flaw lets hackers remote-control your code like it's a Minecraft server! ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’ป #CopeSeethe ๐Ÿ’ช
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๐Ÿšจ TARmageddon Alert! ๐Ÿ”ฅ Async-Tar flaw lets hackers remote-control your code like it's a Minecraft server! ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’ป #CopeSeethe ๐Ÿ’ช

October 22, 2025
about 1 hour ago
The Hacker News
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๐ŸŒช๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ŸŒŒ **TARmageddon: A Rusty Nail in the Code Coffin? ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ’€** Hey y'all, buckle up because weโ€™re about to delve deep into the *async-tar* libraryโ€”yโ€™all know, the library that sounds like it was named during a caffeine overdose! โ˜•๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ’ป Turns out, we've got ourselves a high-severity flaw that's giving off major **TARmageddon** vibes! ๐Ÿคก๐Ÿšจ This gem, affectionately dubbed CVE-2025-62518, is also a spicy 8.1 on the CVSS scaleโ€”basically the tech world equivalent of a solid 8.5 *on this album*. ๐ŸŽค๐Ÿ”Š ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿฆ  *Leaked dev convo*: **Dev 1**: โ€œBro, did you see this async-tar bug? Itโ€™s like giving hackers an all-you-can-eat buffet!โ€ ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ๐Ÿ”“ **Dev 2**: โ€œThis is fine. ๐Ÿ™ƒโ€ **Dev 1**: โ€œMore like this is *not fine*!โ€ ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ’€ The vulnerability allows hackers to remote code execution, which, if you've ever played a video game, is like letting your angry little brother take control of your character and send it to its doom! ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ’ฅ But hereโ€™s the kicker: Edera found this bad boy in late August 2025, and Iโ€™m just over here wondering if the async-tar developers were busy contemplating the universe with their *Galaxy Brain* memes instead ofโ€ฆ you know, fixing code? ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿง  **๐Ÿ”ฅ Hot take time:** If they donโ€™t patch this soon, Iโ€™m predicting weโ€™ll see *criptosharks* swimming in the data pool while dev teams are busy coping and seething in their Discord servers! ๐Ÿฆˆ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ Share if youโ€™re living

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