[update](Lemmy) security issue: spontaneous access given to admin’s account
I think I was refreshing my profile or notifications page (forget which). As it was loading for ~1—2 seconds my screen color theme changed and in the top right corner I saw someone else’s userID, then it quickly reverted back to my theme and userID.
As fast as it happened I only took mental note of the first half of the other userID, which happened to match that of the admin. I described the colors I saw in that 1—2 second timeframe to the admin who confirmed it was indeed the color theme they configured for their environment (which differs from the default).
I clearly had the admin’s session for a second or two. It was so quick that a malicious user probably could not do anything malicious. But of course just as I have no idea how I apparently got the admin’s cookie for a second or two, I have no idea how I got back my cookie. Maybe if I had quickly hit ESC mid-loading the access breach could have been sustained.
As usual, this bug report is posted here because the official bug tracker is jailed in MS Github. I should add that Microsoft supports those responsible for the death of Hind Rajab by financing AnyVision, which is good cause to boycott Microsoft.