Azure CLI still trusts compromised eMudhra CA; fix targeted for November 16

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Azure CLI bundles certifi 2024.7.4, which still trusts the eMudhra CA certificates whose private keys were publicly compromised (GHSA-6q48-6c7w-9gw2, CVSS 9.1). The PR author says anyone on the same network can forge certificates for Azure endpoints and, through the extension index, serve malicious extensions. A three-line pin bump is approved but milestoned for November 16, weeks after the October 20 disclosure. Until then, MSI, deb, rpm, Docker and Homebrew users can set REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE to a current certifi bundle.

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0.73total under rubric v2.0

Significance0.70
Reader interest0.86
Audience breadth0.59
Practical relevance0.87
Substantiated0.77
Technical depth0.79
New information0.83
Counts against: Promotional0.03
Counts against: Overclaim0.31

Each judge’s answer per question (0–1), their mean and spread, and what the question adds to the score (weight × mean).

Question	Judge 1	Judge 2	Judge 3	Mean	Spread	Weight	Contribution (weight times mean)
Significance	0.69	0.55	0.86	0.70	0.31	+0.25	+0.175
Reader interest	0.83	0.80	0.95	0.86	0.15	+0.20	+0.172
Audience breadth	0.44	0.60	0.72	0.59	0.28	+0.10	+0.059
Practical relevance	0.85	0.85	0.91	0.87	0.06	+0.15	+0.130
Substantiated	0.77	0.70	0.84	0.77	0.14	+0.10	+0.077
Technical depth	0.89	0.70	0.78	0.79	0.19	+0.10	+0.079
New information	0.92	0.60	0.98	0.83	0.38	+0.10	+0.083
Promotional	0.04	0.03	0.01	0.03	0.03	−0.15	−0.004
Overclaim	0.44	0.30	0.18	0.31	0.26	−0.15	−0.046
Sum of contributions							+0.725
Claim-check penalty							0.000
Total, as published							0.725

Spread is the highest minus the lowest judge answer. marks a spread above 0.40: the judges disagree, and the story is marked contested.

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