Comment by KingMob
2 hours ago
The thing is, his reasoning isn't even wrong (assuming what he said about the spread of PoCs and the ease of finding the vuln was true), but it clearly prioritized Chainguard customers over the broader ecosystem.
2 hours ago
The thing is, his reasoning isn't even wrong (assuming what he said about the spread of PoCs and the ease of finding the vuln was true), but it clearly prioritized Chainguard customers over the broader ecosystem.
It was a selfish, PR exercise. He could have done it quietly. He could have just made sure his customers got an emergency patch quietly. (those who are willing and capable to patch) It is not common that anyone in the public could use his source except for his customers. It is difficult to just build from his source and drop it to any operating system and setup and expect it to work (let alone compliance and other requirements). Instead, he expected the public to thank him like he was actually doing an act of good. Loss for words, to be honest.
it was easy to find if you had the tokens even without the chainguard patch
The bragging by the discoverer made everyone start looking. Then when the PHP foundation made the announcement on the website there was a mad scramble. Up to 18 hours before release there were already demos. Look I get that it's a rock and a hard place but frankly at that point you should release the patch. I know there was a lot of fear over picking the wrong patch but having nothing is still bad.