StudioOpenAI red team finds unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in Brotli and helps disclose it
Original title: During this red-teaming exercise, we also found a vulnerability that allows for unauthenticated remo…
During a red-teaming exercise of its research training environments, OpenAI found an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in the Brotli compression library, which is bundled in software such as Node.js, Bun, and Envoy. An attacker could run their own code on unpatched systems by sending or replying with malicious compressed data, with no user account required. The root cause was fixed in the Brotli source in February but was not known to be a security issue at the time. OpenAI disclosed it to Brotli and downstream projects, and Brotli cut new releases and published a CVE.
The post explains the root cause, affected software, and how downstream projects have responded, helping readers judge whether they need to update.
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