{
  "id": 18356592,
  "title": "Get root on a musl Linux system by slamming it with an overly long password",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/get-root-on-a-musl-linux-system-by-slamming-it-with-an-overly-long",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-05T18:29:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register Science",
    "slug": "the-register-science",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/11/05/get-root-on-a-musl-linux-system-by-slamming-it-with-an-overly-long-password/5307910"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Decade-old vulnerability in OpenSSH is now fixed, so get a-patchin'",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "LWN",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-11-05T11:39:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tom's Hardware",
        "title": "Combined OpenSSH and musl-libc flaws let anyone into Alpine Linux and other distros by typing anything over 256 characters as a password",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/combined-openssh-and-musl-libc-flaws-let-anyone-into-alpine-linux-and",
        "published": "2026-11-05T18:14:56.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "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."
}