Any long password will do: SSH flaw lets hackers into Alpine systems, routers and more

Ernestas Naprys reports: A massive decade-old flaw affects Alpine and other distributions that run OpenSSH on the musl library. Containers, routers, IoT devices, and other applications are critically vulnerable. Emergency updates are available. Any long password, between 257 and 1024 characters, unlocks thousands of Linux systems via SSH (Secure Shell), the industry standard for remote…