Company
Date Published
Author
Jeff Hiner, Matt Schulte, Thomas Calderon, Noah Maxwell Kennedy
Word count
1199
Language
English
Hacker News points
7

Summary

A recent bug bounty report revealed that a private key used for pkg.cloudflareclient.com was exposed. The company has since rotated the key and is taking steps to prevent similar issues in the future. This incident highlights the importance of proper security measures when using third-party repositories, as an improperly secured private key can have consequences beyond one repository. To improve the security of apt with third-party repositories, users should ensure that keys are only trusted for specific sources and use https to further secure their packages.