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CVE-2024-39894 is a vulnerability in OpenSSH versions 9.5 through 9.7 that affects the keystroke obfuscation feature. A logic error in these versions undermines the intended protections, potentially exposing limited keystroke timing information, including during echo-off password prompts used by su and sudo. The issue was fixed in OpenSSH 9.8 and 9.8p1. On WindowsForum.com, discussions cover the practical risks, exploitation difficulty, and remediation steps for administrators and security teams managing affected systems.
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    OpenSSH Keystroke Timing Bug CVE-2024-39894: Patch and Mitigate

    OpenSSH’s keystroke obfuscation feature, introduced to make interactive typing over SSH harder to observe, contained a logic error in versions 9.5 through 9.7 that undermined its protections and re-exposed limited keystroke timing information — including during echo-off password prompts such as...
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