14 May 2026 - 08:01

Category: Outage

Database flaws left out to rot

A bug hunter found three database flaws and one vendor simply decided that fixing it wasn't their cup of tea. It is nice to know security is purely optional for some developers.

Database flaws left out to rot

Source: The Register

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Severity: Medium Mood: Ridiculous

Apache and Alibaba databases are currently sporting some lovely holes that could lead to widespread disaster, but one vendor has decided that patching is just far too much effort for a Wednesday. This leaves users of unpatched MCP systems dangling in the wind while the rest of the world wonders why we bother with security at all. We survive by migrating away from developers who treat critical vulnerability reports as spam and hoping the bug hunters find something else to do before the next breach.

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