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Radicle Discloses Critical Flaws Exposing Private Repositories in Plain Text

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Radicle has identified two critical security vulnerabilities in its wire protocol, compromising confidentiality across all node releases. Attackers can access private repository data in cleartext and impersonate nodes. Due to architectural flaws, immediate halting of clearnet operations is advised. Fixes will require a shift to a new protocol (Iroh), creating backward incompatibility issues.

By Olimpiu Pop