vulnerability
Swamped curl maintainers take low-level flaws public to survive vulnerability 'avalanche'
Medium
Summary
curl, a popular data transfer tool, is shifting its vulnerability handling process to a public GitHub repository for low and medium-severity issues. Maintainer Daniel Stenberg implemented this change due to an overwhelming influx of vulnerability reports, primarily driven by AI-generated submissions, to alleviate the strain on the development team.
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