oz9un/sshole
- Total stars
- 240
- Today
- +2since 00:03 UTC
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openssh on musl accepted any 257+ char password for accounts with no password. since 2016. check.sh, poc, patch.
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About the project
OpenSSH vulnerability on musl systems (Alpine, OpenWrt, Buildroot, Yocto): any password longer than 256 characters works for accounts with '*' in the password field. The repo ships check.sh to test your own machine, a Docker setup to reproduce it, and the patch.
Useful for
- Check your Alpine server for the vulnerability with check.sh
- Reproduce the exploit in a Docker container via attack.sh or attack.py
- Apply the patch to an older OpenSSH version when upgrading is not possible
README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate. Read the original README →
Star growth looks organic. Data as of November 9, 2026, 01:38 UTC.
The star-growth assessment does not verify whether the project is safe to run.
Stars per day
Bars show stars per UTC day; the line is a moving average of available history. Gaps mean missing data, not zero growth. Today's bar is incomplete. Red marks spike days.
Why it’s trending
- Star-counter measurements on 2026-11-09 (UTC), 00:03–01:30: 238 → 240 stars (+2). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +17 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- The repository is 4 days old and already has 240 stars. With less than two weeks of history, there's no usual pace to compare the spike against yet.
- Hacker News: “sshole” — 2,977 points, 3 days ago.
Measured growth: the last 7 completed days
The full 7-day window is unavailable; no weekly total or comparison is calculated.
Daily measurements · UTC
- November 2, 2026
- —
- November 3, 2026
- —
- November 4, 2026
- —
- November 5, 2026
- 113
- November 6, 2026
- 87
- November 7, 2026
- 25
- November 8, 2026
- 15
Largest measured day in the last 30 days: 113 · November 5, 2026. Days with data: 4.
Completed days come from GitHub star history; today and forecasts are excluded from this comparison. History checked: November 9, 2026, 01:37 UTC. Sources and measurement limits →
Three GitHub discoveries in each edition
What they do, why they are gaining interest, and what to check before using them.
Editions at 10:00, 16:00, 22:00 MSK.
Numbers
- Total stars
- 240
- Today
- +2 stars measured 2026-11-09, 00:03–01:30 UTC, ≈ 17 by evening
- Forks
- 15
- Issues and pull requests
- 5
- Watchers
- 1
- Language
- Shell
- License
- MIT
- Created
- November 5, 2026
- Last push
- November 5, 2026
Star trust
Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.
These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.
Hacker News discussions
- sshole2,977 points, November 5, 2026
Spotted in
- November 8, 2026Top new repositories this week: #92
- November 7, 2026Top new repositories this week: #134
- November 6, 2026Top new repositories this week: #146
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