A severe Remote Unauthenticated Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability has been identified in OpenSSH's server (sshd) on glibc-based Linux systems. This critical flaw, assigned CVE-2024-6387, poses a significant security risk as it allows unauthenticated remote code execution as root.
Following a recent major vulnerability in the XZ Utils library, this discovery underscores the ongoing challenges in cybersecurity. While CVE-2024-6387 is difficult to exploit in practice, understanding the risk and protecting your systems is crucial. Given SSH's widespread use across various platforms on Linux servers, its security is of utmost importance.
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