Show HN: Repairer – close the breach when a Linux flaw goes public
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As we've seen with the Ubuntu critical CVE-2026-98432 (CVSS 9.8), AI-dicovered zero day exploit are being reported at an exponential rate and we don't have the process for dealing with the flood of exploits in real time. What we need is an AI-based system for autopatching systems based on real time information. The vendor's fix can take days or weeks to be out (is the Ubuntu thing patched yet?) and meanwhile the grid is vulnerable to exploitation, especially AI worms. Repairer is a small…
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Show HN: Repairer – close the breach when a Linux flaw goes public was first seen on Hacker News · Show HN on Nov 6, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 23 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #20 of 30, reached on Nov 6, 16:20 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 7, 03:20 UTC.
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How is this more effective than having Cloudflare WAF (or your WAF of choice that can inspect and transform potentially malicious inbound traffic) front all public endpoints and mitigating attacks there with rules? All non public access can be put behind a VPN requiring certificate based auth, which is unlikely to be…
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Is Show HN: Repairer – close the breach when a Linux flaw goes public trending on Show HN right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 7, 03:20 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
What is the highest rank Show HN: Repairer – close the breach when a Linux flaw goes public reached?
#20 on Hacker News · Show HN, on Nov 6, 16:20 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 30 minutes.
How long has Show HN: Repairer – close the breach when a Linux flaw goes public been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 6, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (23 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
3 points and 1 comment; submitted by jaekwon on Nov 6, 2026.