Correct, password authentication must be enabled on the SSH daemon side of things to be vulnerable. The user account being logged into, on the other hand, can’t have a password set. But overall, PW auth must be on. The website OP linked is exceedingly bad at explaining the actual problem, see Alpine’s announcement for better info.
Correct, password authentication must be enabled on the SSH daemon side of things to be vulnerable. The user account being logged into, on the other hand, can’t have a password set. But overall, PW auth must be on. The website OP linked is exceedingly bad at explaining the actual problem, see Alpine’s announcement for better info.
https://alpinelinux.org/posts/2026-11-05-openssh-password-authentication-bypass/