Recent OpenSSH RCE Bug Explained: Impact & Mitigations
In an era where cybersecurity threats loom larger than ever, the discovery of a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in OpenSSH by Qualys' Threat Research Unit (TRU) demands the open source community's immediate attention. Dubbed as "regreSSHion" and assigned the identifier CVE-2024-6387 , this vulnerability stands out not merely because of its potential to enable unauthenticated, remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root, but also due to its broad impact, affecting millions of OpenSSH server instances globally.