OpenSSH Patches Critical Flaw Allowing Long Passwords to Bypass SSH Authentication on Alpine Linux
RedSide Security November 05, 2026 Vulnerability 8 views
OpenSSH rushed out version 10.6p2 to fix a critical flaw that lets attackers bypass SSH authentication on some Alpine Linux servers using passwords between 257 and 1,024 bytes long — even on accounts with no password set.
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