Security · High impactFan score 88 · Tier S
Vulnerability that lets hackers SSH into Linux devices is under active exploitation
Ars Technica · By Dan Goodin ·
The Brief
- Hackers are actively exploiting a recently discovered critical vulnerability, according to multiple researchers.
- The flaw, tracked as *sshole, lets attackers log in to privileged accounts on many Linux systems.
- The vulnerability arises from the interaction between OpenSSH and another component; the source excerpt is truncated.
Why it matters
Attackers are already using this flaw to gain privileged SSH access to Linux machines, so administrators running affected OpenSSH setups face an immediate risk of compromise.
Who’s affected
- Linux administrators running affected OpenSSH configurations
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Hackers are actively exploiting a recently discovered critical vulnerability that allows them to log in to privileged accounts on many Linux systems, multiple researchers are reporting. The vulnerability, tracked under the name *sshole, arises from the interaction between OpenSSH…
Timeline
Multiple researchers report active exploitation of the vulnerability
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Vulnerability that lets hackers SSH into Linux devices is under active exploitation