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OpenSSH Issues Emergency Fix for Flaw Letting Long Passwords Bypass SSH Auth on Alpine Linux
Attackers can log in to accounts that have no password, such as SSH key-only accounts, on some Alpine Linux servers running the standard openssh-server package.
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OpenSSH 10.6p2 fixes a critical password bypass allowing access to key-only accounts on affected Alpine Linux servers using long passwords.
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