Millions of OpenSSH Servers at Risk Due to Newly Disclosed Vulnerability

Millions of OpenSSH servers are at risk of a newly disclosed vulnerability, regreSSHion (CVE-2024-6387), allowing unauthenticated remote code execution. Exploiting a signal handler race condition in ‘sshd’, attackers can gain root privileges on glibc-based Linux systems. With over 14 million potentially vulnerable instances, organizations must address this critical threat promptly to prevent system takeovers and malware installations.