Odaily Planet Daily reports: Bitcoin News posted on X that researchers have identified a critical vulnerability in Tailscale, allowing users with approved access to exploit its built-in SSH to gain root privileges on devices, with potential for the attack to spread to other devices on the network. Users running nodes with Tailscale should disable Tailscale SSH and update promptly once a patch is released. Tailscale has not yet responded.
Tailscale Reported to Have Critical Vulnerability Allowing Root Access via SSH
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A new vulnerability has been reported regarding Tailscale, where researchers discovered a critical flaw allowing root access via SSH. Authorized users could exploit this to compromise devices and propagate the attack across the network. Tailscale SSH should be disabled until a network update is available. Users are advised to stay informed, as a patch is expected. Tailscale has not yet commented on the issue.
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