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Critical GitHub Vulnerability Exposes 4,000+ Repositories to Repojacking Attack - The Hacker News - 09-13-2023

Critical GitHub Vulnerability Exposes 4,000+ Repositories to Repojacking Attack

A new vulnerability disclosed in GitHub could have exposed thousands of repositories at risk of repojacking attacks, new findings show.
The flaw "could allow an attacker to exploit a race condition within GitHub's repository creation and username renaming operations," Checkmarx security researcher Elad RapoportĀ saidĀ in a technical report shared with The Hacker News.
"Successful exploitation of

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