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Discussion on oss-sec about password authentication bypass in OpenSSH with musl libc
Reply posted to the oss-sec list on 5 November about the «sshole» case: the comment says applications must check error conditions and confirm the result contains only valid characters.
This item is a reply in the oss-sec mailing list thread, relayed by a feed and machine-translated into Portuguese. The subject in the title is the case called «sshole», which concerns a password authentication bypass in OpenSSH combined with the musl libc library. The message is dated 5 November and appears in the feed with a date of 6 November 2026.
The recorded content is limited: the comment states that applications are responsible for checking error conditions, in particular whether the result contains only valid characters. The text gives no technical details, affected versions, vulnerability identifiers or fixes. To consult and verify, find the original message in the public oss-sec archive for the fourth quarter of 2026, dated 5 November, and confirm the scope, versions and recommendations in the official advisories from the OpenSSH and musl projects.
Original source: Re: “sshole”: desvio da autenticação por senha no OpenSSH + musl libc