The Message Was Logged

Whale & Urchin Discuss the Incident Episode 01 The Message Was Logged Whale: "We have received a message, Urchin." Urchin: "That is true." Whale: "It was only written to the logs." Urchin: "That is where logs go." Whale: "The message contained a lookup." Urchin: "I see." Whale: "It brought something back." Urchin: "Yes." Whale: "Then it ran it." Urchin: "That is less usual." Whale: "The library was only for logging." Whale: "It was a very common library." Urchin: "That is how it visited everyone." Whale: "The score is ten, Urchin." Urchin: "Yes." Whale: "Out of ten." Urchin: "Also yes." Whale: "I have made a ticket." Whale: "It says the impact is widespread." Urchin: "That is a calm word." Whale: "I have upgraded the library." Urchin: "Good." Whale: "I have also restarted the service." Urchin: "Better." Whale: "The message is still in the logs." Urchin: "Yes." Whale: "But it is only a message now." Urchin: "That is a better kind of message." Whale: "We have learned from this." Urchin: "We have written it down." Whale: "In the runbook." Urchin: "Yes." CVE-2021-44228 · CVSS 10.0 Critical Patch the thing that only logs things.