COBOL 'RCE vulnerability' joke goes viral: the patch is a punch card

ctjlewis · x · 2026-10-23

A viral programmer meme: someone deadpans that an RCE vulnerability was found in COBOL and all applications must be updated immediately. When asked where the patch is, the reply is a photo of an original COBOL punch card — updating means swapping physical cards in the machine room.

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