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Nov 05 2026 OpenSSH flaw lets attackers log into password-disabled Linux accounts

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A newly disclosed OpenSSH vulnerability dubbed "*sshole" allows attackers to log in to certain Alpine Linux and other musl-based Linux accounts that are configured to block password authentication, simply by entering an oversized password. [...]

Posted by Lawrence Abrams on Thu 05 November 2026 in BleepingComputer.

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