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~1 min read·September 4, 2025 (Updated: September 4, 2025)·Free: Yes
Ever wonder about the challenges of responsibly disclosing security vulnerabilities in popular open-source projects? Let's look at the rollercoaster story of a vulnerability in Node Formidable (10M+ weekly downloads).👇
Sometimes we have problems displaying some Medium posts.
If you have a problem that some images aren't loading - try using VPN. Probably you have problem with
access to Medium CDN (or fucking Cloudflare's bot detection algorithms are blocking you).
