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Researchers Spot XZ Utils Backdoor in Dozens of Docker Hub Images, Fueling Supply Chain Risks

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()2 min read3 · 1 read
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CVEVulnerabilityCVSSEPSSSignalsPublished
CVE-2024-3094
Malicious code was discovered in the upstream tarballs of xz, starting with version 5.6.0
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 Ravie Lakshmanan  Aug 12, 2025 Malware / Container Security New research has uncovered Docker images on Docker Hub that contain the infamous XZ Utils backdoor, more than a year after the discovery of the incident.

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