And the article is nice to read or it isn’t. Most people here probably aren’t affected and only read reports like that because they find it interesting and entertaining.
"This vulnerability is not meaningful to most HN readers" is a good argument for not upvoting it. "The one detailed description of a new, valid, meaningful vulnerability is AI slop by its discoverers" is not. I don't care about n8n either and didn't upvote this story. But new vulnerability discoveries are not like "Show HN"; their newsworthiness or interestingness extends beyond the writeup or the effort taken to find it.
slop generated ai blog post
The vulnerability is real or it isn't, it matters or it doesn't, it's clearly explained or it isn't.
And the article is nice to read or it isn’t. Most people here probably aren’t affected and only read reports like that because they find it interesting and entertaining.
"This vulnerability is not meaningful to most HN readers" is a good argument for not upvoting it. "The one detailed description of a new, valid, meaningful vulnerability is AI slop by its discoverers" is not. I don't care about n8n either and didn't upvote this story. But new vulnerability discoveries are not like "Show HN"; their newsworthiness or interestingness extends beyond the writeup or the effort taken to find it.