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The libpng project has released version 1.6.56, a security update addressing two high-severity vulnerabilities. The most significant fix is for CVE-2026-33416, a use-after-free flaw that has been embedded in the library's transparency and palette handling code since the 1990s. This was not an unknown oversight; the pro...
A critical dependency alert reveals that the widely used but deprecated `request` npm library contains an unfixed Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability, CVE-2023-28155. The flaw, rated medium severity, allows attackers to exploit the library's handling of cross-protocol redirects—such as from HTTP to `file:/...