April 2, 2024, 1:41 p.m. | /u/Street-Elevator7738

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[The XZ Utils backdoor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor) is not necessarily limited to Linux distributions. I found I have the compromised version of the package installed on my Mac via Homebrew.

```
user@users-MacBook-Pro ~ % xz --version
xz (XZ Utils) 5.6.1
liblzma 5.6.1
```

Does anyone know if the exploit can be completed on Mac OS considering it does not include the `libsystemd` library?


EDIT:
run `brew update && brew upgrade` to automatically rollback to a trusted version

https://github.com/orgs/Homebrew/discussions/5243

amp can cybersecurity edit exploit library mac macbook mac os pro run update upgrade version xz utils

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