We just released Mastodon 4.4.8 and the second 4.5.0 beta release.
These versions fix a security issue allowing quote controls to be bypassed.
Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub release page.
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.8
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.0-beta.2
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Mastodon Engineering
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