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Apple's git still trusts the compromised eMudhra certificates

emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com, Technology

63Fresh Voice

A focused, demonstrated report that macOS's bundled git, curl and python3 still trusted compromised eMudhra certificates after 27.2, with a clear demand that Apple ship a fix.

What it adds

Shows with a working proof of concept that Apple's terminal tools stayed exposed after the Safari-level fix. Documents that the macOS 27.2 update reverted users' manual workarounds.

Claim by claim

  • 3 the author's own
  • 1 an AI would say
  • 4 known elsewhere
  • 3 common knowledge

Its strongest original claims

  • Apple was notified of the eMudhra incident on 17 October.
  • Dozens of other projects, many volunteer-run, shipped fixes days earlier.
  • A test server presenting a github.com certificate issued by a compromised eMudhra intermediate demonstrates the attack end to end.

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