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https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2026/q4/535

https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2026/q4/535: "sshole": password authentication bypass: OpenSSH + musl libc

Published Nov 6, 2026

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Affected Software

2 affected components

OpenSSH OpenSSH

musl musl libc

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What validation is needed when handling password hashes generated with crypt functions?

Applications should check crypt, crypt_r, crypt_rn, crypt_ra error conditions and ensure the returned result contains only valid characters before using it as a password-hash field. Error output may contain invalid hash data, including field-separator characters.

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