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

Why it’s here: A widely exploited critical Linux/OpenSSH vulnerability with an AI-generated, possibly China-linked backdoor is a cybersecurity threat-landscape development that bears on federal critical-infrastructure security policy, though it is a mainstream news item without an explicit DC policy hook.

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  1. 6d agoArs Technica · 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 Space
    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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