Seriously? *Still* Dealing With This Crap?

Oh, joy. Apparently, the XZ Utils backdoor isn’t just a problem for current systems; it’s festering in old Docker images like a goddamn zombie plague. Some ancient base images – we’re talking pre-March 2024 builds – are still carrying the tainted libxz libraries. Meaning if you pulled those down and built something on top of them, congratulations, you’ve probably got a backdoor staring back at you.

The article basically says that even though the immediate threat was addressed, lazy bastards (and I use that term generously) haven’t rebuilt enough images. So, if you used those older images *before* the whole thing blew up, you need to rebuild your containers. Now. Don’t ask me why people aren’t doing this already; it’s basic security hygiene!

They’re suggesting scanning your images with tools like Trivy or Grype (because apparently, relying on common sense is too much to ask). And yeah, the supply chain is still a mess. Surprise, surprise.

Honestly, this whole thing just proves that everyone’s an idiot. A single malicious actor managed to compromise a critical component and it’s *still* causing problems weeks later because people can’t be bothered to update their shit? Unbelievable.

Related Anecdote: Back in ’98, I had a sysadmin who thought rotating logs was “optional.” Optional! He figured the hard drive was big enough. Guess what happened when we got audited? Yeah, you guessed it. This XZ thing is just that level of incompetence, scaled up and weaponized.

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Source: Dark Reading – XZ Utils Backdoor Still Lurking