Broccoli2Shell: Brotli decoder RCE (CVE-2026-111497) in Node.js, Python and more

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    7 days ago

    Not if your threat model is “bots that scan the internet for vulnerable installations of X”.

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      7 days ago

      A lot of these bot requests come from what seems to be compromised hosts turned into scanners and residential proxies.

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        True, but it will still reduce the chance of success to close to zero. If you assume your own users devices are compromised, there is nothing you can do to avoid exposure.