environment: Unicode's bidirectional (BiDi) override characters can cause trojan source attacks

A flaw was found in the way Unicode standards are implemented in the context of development environments, which have specialized requirements for rendering text. An attacker could exploit this to deceive a human reviewer by creating a malicious patch containing well placed BiDi characters. The...

Unicode characters allow malicious code to be hidden from a human reviewer (Bitbucket Server / DC) - CVE-2021-42574

Researchers at the University of Cambridge reported a vulnerability affecting Bitbucket Server / DC where special characters, known as Unicode bidirectional override characters, are not rendered or displayed in the affected applications. These special characters are typically not displayed by the...