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CVE-2026-123158
CVE-2026-123158
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.1 HIGH
Reported by mitre · Published November 5, 2026
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.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
8.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| OpenBSD | OpenSSH | 0 |
| openbsd | openssh | 0 |
| OpenBSD | OpenSSH | 0 |
Timeline
- Nov 5, 2026 CVE Published
- Nov 6, 2026 VulnCheck KEV Exploitation
- Nov 6, 2026 CVE Updated
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