High Sierra Root Password Bug - Fix Released

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Hello everyone.
A password bug was discovered in High Sierra and exploitable via VNC (remotely).

To mitigate.

You’re highly recommended to change your root password to a strong one. Preferably one different from your user account.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204012
 

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this one really is :s22::s22::s22: how can e root password be blank.
 

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The patch should be available to download via the App Store.
 
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