Linode (Akamai) outage, 5 November 2026
Customer Security Advisory: OpenSSH Password Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
- Started
- Resolved
- 5 Nov 2026, 17:40 UTC
- Impact
- Not stated
- Affected
- Linode.com
Is this still happening?
No. Linode (Akamai) marked this incident resolved on 5 Nov 2026, 17:40 UTC.
Right now: Linode (Akamai) reports degraded performance on some systems. (as of 5 Nov, 18:43 UTC) Live Linode (Akamai) status
Last update from Linode (Akamai)
Akamai is aware of the <a href="https://sshhole.com">password authentication bypass vulnerability</a> affecting certain Linux systems using <a href="https://www.openwall.com/lists/musl/2026/11/05/4">musl libc</a> that was recently mitigated by an <a href="https://openssh.com/releasenotes.html#10.6p2">urgent OpenSSH update</a>. Since Alpine Linux is specifically called out as being affected, we wanted to assure customers that Linode’s Alpine images are not affected by this vulnerability. Linodes using password-less provisioning do not have password authentication enabled by default unless customers change this configuration option in sshd_config after launch, while linodes launched using a...
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