This Week in Spring - September 9th, 2025

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! I am home, ensconced in my studio here in somewhat sunny San Francisco, California, relaxing and trying to catch up on stuff I missed. As always, there's a ton! So let's dive right into it. Some of the amazing features that...

My Latest Book: Rewiring Democracy

I am pleased to announce the imminent publication of my latest book, Rewiring Democracy: How AI will Transform our Politics, Government, and Citizenship: coauthored with Nathan Sanders, and published by MIT Press on October 21. Rewiring Democracy looks beyond common tropes like deepfakes to exami...

Malicious code in future-sold-correctly (npm)

The package future-sold-correctly was found to contain malicious code...

MAL-2025-44343 Malicious code in future-sold-correctly (npm)

The package future-sold-correctly was found to contain malicious code...

What Is a Passkey? Here’s How to Set Up and Use Them (2025)

Passkeys were built to enable a password-free future. Here's what they are and how you can start using them...

SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2025:03049-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Security update for python-future

This update for python-future fixes the following issues: CVE-2025-50817: Fixed arbitrary code execution via the automatic import of file test.py bsc1248124 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST onlineupdate or "zypper patch"...

SUSE-SU-2025:03049-1 Security update for python-future

This update for python-future fixes the following issues: - CVE-2025-50817: Fixed arbitrary code execution via the automatic import of file test.py bsc1248124...

SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : python-future (SUSE-SU-2025:03038-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLEDSAP15 / SLES15 / SLESSAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:03038-1 advisory. - CVE-2025-50817: Fixed arbitrary code execution via the automatic import of file test.py bsc1248124...

Security update for python-future

This update for python-future fixes the following issues: CVE-2025-50817: Fixed arbitrary code execution via the automatic import of file test.py bsc1248124 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST onlineupdate or "zypper patch"...

SUSE-SU-2025:03038-1 Security update for python-future

This update for python-future fixes the following issues: - CVE-2025-50817: Fixed arbitrary code execution via the automatic import of file test.py bsc1248124...

SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2025:03028-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-50817

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - A vulnerability in the Python-Future 1.0.0 module allows for arbitrary code execution via the unintended import of a file named test.py. When the module is...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : python-future (SUSE-SU-2025:03028-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2025:03028-1 advisory. - CVE-2025-50817: Fixed arbitrary code execution via the automatic import of file test.py bsc1248124 Tenable has extracted the preceding description...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : python-future (SUSE-SU-2025:03029-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLESSAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:03029-1 advisory. - CVE-2025-50817: Fixed arbitrary code execution via the automatic import of file test.py bsc1248124 Tenable has extracted the preceding...

Security update for python-future

This update for python-future fixes the following issues: CVE-2025-50817: Fixed arbitrary code execution via the automatic import of file test.py bsc1248124 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST onlineupdate or "zypper patch"...

SUSE-SU-2025:03029-1 Security update for python-future

This update for python-future fixes the following issues: - CVE-2025-50817: Fixed arbitrary code execution via the automatic import of file test.py bsc1248124...

Security update for python-future

This update for python-future fixes the following issues: CVE-2025-50817: Fixed arbitrary code execution via the automatic import of file test.py bsc1248124 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST onlineupdate or "zypper patch"...

SUSE-SU-2025:03028-1 Security update for python-future

This update for python-future fixes the following issues: - CVE-2025-50817: Fixed arbitrary code execution via the automatic import of file test.py bsc1248124...

Security update for the Linux Kernel

This update provides the initial livepatch for this kernel update. This update does not contain any fixes and will be updated with livepatches later. Special Instructions and Notes: Please reboot the system after installing this update. Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE...