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Mastodon security update: every version prior to today's is vulnerable to remote user impersonation and takeover (github.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

And if they don't update it soon, you might want to reconsider your choice of instance.

The advisory went up about 4h ago. About 3h ago, my instance admin sent out an announcement that the patch had been applied. That was before I even heard about the issue.

Nice work :)