Backdoor in Kali!

It is very concerning to find a backdoor in a Kali within xz-utils versions 5.6.0 to 5.6.1

AL Najafi

3/30/20241 min read

A backdoor was found in xz-utils (versions 5.6.0 to 5.6.1), marked as CVE-2024-3094. This issue, related to sshd authentication, could let unauthorized users access systems. It's been fixed in Debian and Kali Linux. If you updated Kali Linux between March 26 and March 29, 2024, check your xz-utils version and update if needed. For details, visit Kali.org.