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CVE-2025-53367: An exploitable out-of-bounds write in DjVuLibre
DjVuLibre has a vulnerability that could enable an attacker to gain code execution on a Linux Desktop system when the user tries to open a crafted document.

4 trends shaping open source funding—and what they mean for maintainers
Get insights on the latest trends from GitHub experts while catching up on these exciting new projects.

Our pledge to help improve the accessibility of open source software at scale
GitHub takes the Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) pledge.

Dos and don’ts when sunsetting open source projects
Three maintainers share their tips for gracefully sunsetting open source projects.

Copilot ask, edit, and agent modes: What they do and when to use them
An introduction to the three distinct modes of GitHub Copilot and a practical guide for integrating them effectively into your workflow.

From MCP to multi-agents: The top 10 new open source AI projects on GitHub right now and why they matter
Get insights on the latest trends from GitHub experts while catching up on these exciting new projects.

What the heck is MCP and why is everyone talking about it?
Everyone’s talking about MCP these days when it comes to large language models (LLMs)—here’s what you need to know.

Git turns 20: A Q&A with Linus Torvalds
To celebrate two decades of Git, we sat down with Linus Torvalds—the creator of Git and Linux—to discuss how it forever changed software development.

4 steps toward building an open source community
Three maintainers talk about how they fostered their open source communities.

5 tips for promoting your open source project
Three open source experts offer their advice on sharing open source projects with the world.

That’s a wrap: GitHub Innovation Graph in 2024
Discover the latest trends and insights on public software development activity on GitHub with the release of Q2 & Q3 2024 data for the Innovation Graph.

Seven years of open source: A more secure and diverse ecosystem
Explore insights into open source community growth, innovation, and inclusivity with an updated survey dataset.

Inside the research: How GitHub Copilot impacts the nature of work for open source maintainers
An interview with economic researchers analyzing the causal effect of GitHub Copilot on how open source maintainers work.

Introducing Annotated Logger: A Python package to aid in adding metadata to logs
We’re open sourcing Annotated Logger, a Python package that helps make logs searchable with consistent metadata.

Uncovering GStreamer secrets
In this post, I’ll walk you through the vulnerabilities I uncovered in the GStreamer library and how I built a custom fuzzing generator to target MP4 files.
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