Viral 'COBOL RCE Vulnerability' Is Just a Programmer Joke

A viral warning about an RCE vulnerability in COBOL turned out to be a classic programmer joke, with the 'patch' revealed as a vintage punch card meme mocking the decades-old language still running banks and governments.

2026-10-22 ~ 2026-10-23 · 2 related posts

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• COBOL 'RCE vulnerability' joke goes viral: the patch is a punch card — ctjlewis · 2026-10-23