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    Don't forget to add sudo for maximum performance (sh.itjust.works)
    submitted 8 months ago by KuroeNekoDemon@sh.itjust.works to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    [–] rtxn@lemmy.world 113 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (8 children)

    For those not in the know: aussie man explains. A KDE Plasma 6 global theme deleted a user's files. Global themes may contain arbitrary Javascript code, and a bug (using a library written for Plasma 5) caused it to essentially run rm -rf /*, Steam-style. KDE have since removed the theme and are considering next steps to warn the user that the "official" KDE store contains user-submitted content, and that some addons may contain potentially dangerous code.

    [–] PlexSheep@feddit.de 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Is this affecting both plasma 5&6 then?

    [–] nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 4 points 7 months ago

    This particular issue was caused by a breaking change in Plasma 6 and bad handling in a specific global theme.

    The general security concerns that were being brought to light however apply to all versions.

    [–] rtxn@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

    It should only affect Plasma 6 because of some breaking change to how a Javascript function returns a path.

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