Combined OpenSSH and musl-libc flaws allow password bypass in Alpine Linux
A vulnerability allows attackers to bypass authentication by entering long strings as passwords.
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First reported by Hacker News, 3h 30m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
The story so far
4 publishers have covered this in 4 articles since 5 Nov 2026. Hacker News published first, on 5 November at 14:44 UTC; Latest from Tom's Hardware followed 3h 31m later. The most recent article, from Latest news, appeared on 7 November at 00:00 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Hacker News, Latest from Tom's Hardware, www.theregister.com, Latest news.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- Hacker NewsAlpine Linux Security advisory: OpenSSH-server password authentication bypass
- Latest from Tom's HardwareCombined OpenSSH and musl-libc flaws let anyone into Alpine Linux and other distros by typing anything over 256 characters as a password
- www.theregister.comGet root on a musl Linux system by slamming it with an overly long password
- Latest newsAlpine Linux and OpenSSH patch flaw that’s as bad as it can get
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Alpine Linux and OpenSSH patch flaw that’s as bad as it can get Latest news
- Get root on a musl Linux system by slamming it with an overly long password www.theregister.com
- Combined OpenSSH and musl-libc flaws let anyone into Alpine Linux and other distros by typing anything over 256 characters as a password Latest from Tom's Hardware
- Alpine Linux Security advisory: OpenSSH-server password authentication bypass Hacker News
In this story
- Alpine Linux
- OpenSSH
- musl-libc