Users joke that the CVE name "CVE-2026-99999" sounds fake

A Mastodon post mocks the name "CVE-2026-99999", comparing it to a video game plot device from Hideo Kojima or Kotaro Uchikoshi. The item shows only this joke, with no confirmation that the CVE is real or fake.

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1. 21 Oct, 03:07 UTCFirst appeared on mcc

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• "CVE-2026-99999" is the fakest sounding CVE name. That is like Hideo Kojima or Kotaro Uchikoshi had just learned what a mcc