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Vulnerability that lets hackers SSH into Linux devices is under active exploitation

Why it’s here: A critical, actively exploited Linux/OpenSSH vulnerability with an AI-generated backdoor from a named threat group is a cybersecurity threat-landscape development bearing on federal critical-infrastructure security, so it is in scope despite the mainstream source.

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  1. 6d agoArs Technica Space · research by GreyNoiseVulnerability that lets hackers SSH into Linux devices is under active exploitationAttackers are actively exploiting the SSHole flaw (CVE-2026-123158) in OpenSSH on musl-based Linux systems to bypass password authentication, with GreyNoise recording successful in-the-wild exploitation chains including attempts at persistence and a TAC Agent implant.
    3 articles · BleepingComputer, Ars Technica
    1. 6d agoBleepingComputerEarliestHackers exploit SSHole OpenSSH flaw to breach Linux systems
    2. 6d agoArs TechnicaPickupVulnerability that lets hackers SSH into Linux devices is under active exploitation
    3. 6d agoArs Technica SpacePickupVulnerability that lets hackers SSH into Linux devices is under active exploitation
    CyberFBI warns hackers are using open-source AI framework ARTEX to automate attacks6 linked

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