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n8n Token Exchange: Briefly the World’s Worst Valet

The n8n token exchange worked – briefly – like a parking valet attendant who follows one rule: anyone allowed to look at a claim ticket is also allowed to replace the car attached to it. That’s more or less what happened inside n8n’s OAuth credential reconnect process. The flaw, now tracked as CVE-2026-45732, was published by n8n through a GitHub security advisory on May 13, 2026. The National Vulnerability Database added the CVE record on June 23. It received a high-severity CVSS 4.0 score of 8.3. It’s unclear how long the authorization flaw remained in n8n before researchers found it. The public advisory identifies the patched releases and its May 13, 2026 disclosure date, but doesn’t provide the original introduction … Read more

💰 Coursera Eats Udemy: One Step Closer to Online Edu Monopoly

In what is shaping up to be one of the biggest moves in the online learning world this year, Coursera — the education platform co-founded by Stanford professors and known for its university-aligned courses — announced on Wednesday that it will acquire Udemy, a large marketplace for instructor-led online courses, in an all-stock deal that values the combined entity at about $2.5 billion. The agreement, which will see Udemy become part of the Coursera family, signals a major consolidation in the edtech space amid a shift in demand and a renewed focus on training for artificial intelligence and workforce upskilling. The way the transaction is structured, Udemy shareholders will receive 0.8 shares of Coursera stock for each Udemy share they … Read more

Salesforce Informatica Acquisition: Fewer & Bigger

The Salesforce Informatica acquisition is yet another step toward a narrower field of bigger players. For most end users however, fewer & bigger ≠ better. This acquisition has been one of the most consequential enterprise software deals in recent years. Salesforce has now completed the aquisition of Informatica, the longtime heavyweight in data integration and management in annouced it was buying back in May. While on the surface this acquisition looked like a classic platform expansion play, underneath, it represents something larger and more fundamental in the way Salesforce sees itself, how we humans (and don’t forget the developers!) will be shaped by a narrowing field of data philosophies, each with ever-increasing power. That is, for developers and data engineers … Read more

The Fivetran dbt Merger Makes Data Gravy

The Fivetran + dbt merger is a big deal — one of those tectonic shifts that reorders how people build data stacks. If you haven’t already heard, here’s the hot goss: In October 2025, Fivetran and dbt Labs dropped the mic: they’re merging in an all-stock deal. The combined entity is projected to have nearly $600 million ARR and serve more than 10,000 customers. Fivetran CEO George Fraser will lead the new company, while dbt’s Tristan Handy becomes cofounder + president. The merger is being framed as a “merger of equals” rather than a straight acquisition. If you’re thinking, “Wait — these two already acted like peanut butter and jelly in the modern data stack,” you’re not wrong: reports say … Read more