Backdoor Xz Utils Linux Open Source

Infosecurity Magazine covers the XZ Utils open-source backdoor, a malicious implant in liblzma that targeted OpenSSH on major Linux distributions.

The article covers the XZ Utils backdoor, a malicious implant introduced into the widely used open-source compression library. The compromised liblzma code manipulated functions used by OpenSSH, nearly reaching stable releases of major Linux distributions before discovery. The incident is a prominent example of software supply chain compromise targeting critical open-source infrastructure.