{
  "id": 18301685,
  "title": "Critical security vulnerability affects OpenSSH on Alpine Linux systems",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/critical-security-vulnerability-affects-openssh-on-alpine-linux",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-05T11:39:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "LWN",
    "slug": "lwn",
    "url": "https://lwn.net/Articles/1105464/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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 Damien Miller said : If you operate a Linux system that uses musl libc without PAM (Alpine Linux is one example) then stop reading and set PasswordAuthentication=no or disable SSH for these systems…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hacker News",
        "title": "Alpine Linux Security advisory: OpenSSH-server password authentication bypass",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/alpine-linux-security-advisory-openssh-server-password-authentication",
        "published": "2026-11-05T14:44:20.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}