Changpeng Zhao: The OpenSSH security vulnerability in Alpine Linux has been lurking for 10 years and requires prompt use of the fix.

PANews, November 6 news: Zhao Changpeng posted a warning on the X platform that the OpenSSH security vulnerability in Alpine Linux has existed for 10 years, and if it has not yet been fixed, please use the patch as soon as possible.

According to the post he reposted, OpenSSH has released an emergency fix to address a critical SSH authentication bypass vulnerability on Alpine Linux. On affected servers, passwords longer than 256 bytes can unlock accounts restricted to key-only login without knowing the actual credentials.