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args and kwargs in Python 3

How to Use args and kwargs in Python 3– Complete Guide 2025–2026

Mastering how to use args and kwargs in Python 3 is one of the most powerful and frequently used advanced techniques at Progressive Robot — these special syntaxes allow functions to accept a variable number of positional (*args) and keyword (**kwargs) arguments, making your code more flexible, reusable, generic, and future-proof for everything from utility functions, decorators, API wrappers, logging, data processors, CLI tools, to framework-level code.

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NetBSD 10.0 — capnproto — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on NetBSD 10.0

NetBSD 10.0 — capnproto — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • February 8, 2026
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: NetBSD 10.0 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: pkgsrc audit-packages entry Related CVEs: CVE-2026-32239 CVE-2026-32240 Upstream summary: pkgsrc audit-packages flagged capnproto<1.4.0 for vulnerability class 'http-request-smuggling'. Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32239 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step […]

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How to Define Functions in Python 3: Complete Guide (2025–2026)

How to Define Functions in Python 3: Complete Guide (2025–2026)

Learning how to define functions in Python 3 is one of the most essential and powerful skills at Progressive Robot — functions are reusable blocks of code that perform specific tasks, accept inputs (parameters), return outputs, and make your programs modular, readable, testable, and scalable for everything from automation scripts to web APIs, data pipelines, AI models, and enterprise applications.

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FreeBSD 15 — p5-UI-Dialog — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — p5-UI-Dialog — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

  • February 8, 2026
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 February 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: p5-UI-Dialog — shell command execution vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2008-7315 Upstream summary: Matthijs Kooijman reports: It seems that the whiptail, cdialog and kdialog backends apply some improper escaping in their shell […]

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AlmaLinux 10 — yggdrasil — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 10

AlmaLinux 10 — yggdrasil — multiple vulnerabilities (6 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • February 8, 2026
  • Linux
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🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 10 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2026:17075 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-32282 CVE-2026-32283 CVE-2026-25679 CVE-2025-61726 CVE-2025-61729 CVE-2025-68121 Upstream summary: yggdrasil is a system daemon that subscribes to topics on an MQTT broker and routes any data received on the topics […]

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FreeBSD 12 — gitea — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — gitea — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • February 8, 2026
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🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 8 February 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: gitea — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2022-0905 CVE-2022-1058 CVE-2025-22870 CVE-2025-29923 CVE-2025-30204 Upstream summary: [email protected] reports: Matching of hosts against proxy patterns can improperly treat an IPv6 zone ID as a […]

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FreeBSD 13 — php85-composer — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — php85-composer — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • February 8, 2026
  • BSD
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 February 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: PHP Composer — Multiple vulnerabilities Related CVEs: CVE-2026-40176 CVE-2026-40261 Upstream summary: Composer project reports: Fixed command injection via malicious Perforce reference (GHSA-gqw4-4w2p-838q / CVE-2026-40261) Fixed command injection via malicious Perforce […]

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AlmaLinux 9 — libtiff — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 9

AlmaLinux 9 — libtiff — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

  • February 8, 2026
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🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 9 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2026:12271 Related CVEs: CVE-2026-4775 CVE-2025-8176 CVE-2025-9900 CVE-2024-7006 CVE-2022-40090 CVE-2023-3618 CVE-2023-40745 CVE-2023-41175  +12 more Upstream summary: The libtiff packages contain a library of functions for manipulating Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) files. Security […]

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FreeBSD 15 — zh-tin — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 — zh-tin — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

  • February 8, 2026
  • BSD
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🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 8 February 2026 Affected versions: FreeBSD 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: tin — buffer overflow vulnerabilities Upstream summary: Urs Janssen and Aleksey Salow report possible buffer overflows in tin versions 1.8.0 and 1.8.1. OpenPKG project elaborates there is an allocation off-by-one […]

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