How bad is it? As bad as it can get. Alpine Linux explained in its security advisory that if an attacker can reach a ...

Devices running some configurations of Alpine Linux, and possibly other distributions, are affected by a decade-old ...

An attacker came close to exploiting a maximum-severity flaw. Here's what to know.

Alpine Docker downloads highlight an SSH flaw that can let attackers log in with long passwords. Read which systems need ...

Exploitation of sshole (CVE-2026-123158), an OpenSSH bug that opens passwordless Alpine Linux accounts, began within nine ...

According to the official Alpine Linux security advisory, a password authentication bypass exists in the openssh-server ...

Combined OpenSSH and musl-libc flaws let anyone into Alpine Linux and other distros by typing anything over 256 characters as ...

SSHole, a vulnerability in OpenSSH (CVE-2026-123158), allows logins to certain accounts on Linux using very long passwords.

Only a small, niche number of distros, though.

Version 10.6p2 of OpenSSH has been released with a workaround for a critical vulnerability that affects Linux systems that use musl libc with PAM disabled, such as Alpine Linux. OpenSSH developer ...

A critical OpenSSH flaw lets attackers bypass password auth on Alpine Linux by entering any string over 256 characters.

A newly disclosed OpenSSH vulnerability dubbed "*sshole" allows attackers to log in to certain Alpine Linux and other ...