Homebrew Security Audit Finds 25 Vulnerabilities

August 1, 2024 at 08:06AM A security audit sponsored by the Open Tech Fund in August 2023 found 25 security defects in Homebrew, a popular package manager for macOS and Linux. The vulnerabilities allowed for code execution, privilege escalation, and secrets exfiltration. Trail of Bits notes the lack of explicit security documentation and the informal … Read more