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CVE-2026-123158

8.1 high

High (8.1) in openbsd openssh.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.1 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
CWE-394 Unexpected Status Code or Return Value
OWASP Top 10
A10:2025 Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions
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Versions

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ProductAffected
OpenBSD OpenSSHbefore 10.6p2

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