Analysis
Three of today's items change a system nobody decided to change
A Copilot policy that sets what arrives switched on, a Rails patch that quietly changes a return class, and a curl advisory that lands in images nobody picked.
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JDK 28 targets six JEPs, including a JSON parser
Build 16 is tagged. The targeted list now includes a Simple JSON API in incubator, generational Shenandoah by default, and the deprecation of the macOS/x64 port.
Rust maintainers targeted by phishing through fake job calls
The Rust project warns of an ongoing campaign against maintainers of popular crates. The target is the publish token, not the laptop.
pgAdmin 9.18 fixes four CVEs, including an auth bypass
pgAdmin 4 v9.18 closes an authentication bypass and two connection-string injections that redirect the connection, and the exported password, to a host of the caller's choosing.
OpenAI publishes a misalignment disclosure framework and six reports
A process for tracking, investigating and disclosing model behaviour, plus six cases observed over the last six months.