HIGH 8.1 NVD
CVE-2026-123158
sshd in OpenSSH before 10.6p2 on Linux, when musl libc is used without PAM, lacks a workaround for a password authentication bypass (related to misinterpretatio
sshd in OpenSSH before 10.6p2 on Linux, when musl libc is used without PAM, lacks a workaround for a password authentication bypass (related to misinterpretation of whether a string is intended to be a password hash). For some configurations of accounts, any password between 256 and 1024 characters succeeds. An example of a platform using musl libc without PAM is Alpine Linux.
References
- https://github.com/leonjza/sshhole-lab
- https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/commit/4353fdc43ef646c43a8dda7025cc1a898caf148
- https://github.com/predkambrij/sshhole-repro
- https://hachyderm.io/@damienmiller/117563026759098135
- https://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=179388064263131&w=2
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.1 was published on 2026-11-05 via NVD.
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