News Critical Remote Code Execution Bug in Linux Based OpenWrt OS Affects Millions of Netw

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After Windows 10 Linux also affected guys don't be so happy Linux users.

Security researcher uncovered a critical remote code execution vulnerability in OpenWrt operating system that allows attackers to inject the malicious payload on the vulnerable systems.


OpenWrt is a Linux based operating system that is mainly used in embedded devices and network routers to route the network traffic and is installed on millions of devices around the globe.

The RCE bug addressed in the package list parse the logic of OpenWrt’s opkg (Opkg Package Manager) fork let package manager ignore the SHA-256 checksums embedded in the signed repository index which allows an attacker to bypass the integrity checking of downloaded .ipk artifacts.

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