Article 5F3FR GitHub bug briefly gave valid authenticated session cookies to wrong users

GitHub bug briefly gave valid authenticated session cookies to wrong users

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Don't panic: Fewer than 0.001% of sessions compromised through flaw that couldn't be maliciously triggered

If you visit GitHub today you'll be asked to authenticate anew because the code collaboration locker has squished a bug that sometimes misrouted a user's session to the browser of another authenticated user, giving them the valid and authenticated session cookie for another user."...

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