I Found a $90k Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Google

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What happened

Article URL: https://simonkoeck.com/writeups/google-devsite-flask-session-pickle-rce Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50052638 Points: 59 # Comments: 30…

Key facts

  • Article URL: https://simonkoeck.com/writeups/google-devsite-flask-session-pickle-rce Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50052638 Points: 59 # Comments: 30…
  • Reported by Hacker News and published Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:28:53 UTC.

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