> If this particular exploit happened, it would have been more likely to get deployed but it would have also automatically gotten fixed as soon as the patch upd

> If this particular exploit happened, it would have been more likely to get deployed but it would have also automatically gotten fixed as soon as the patch update rolled around. Note that updating your deps to a non-hacked version would not "fix" it, though. The machine is persistently compromised until reimaged if it was given the chance to install the new package.