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Re:Show HN: ssh ssh.place by applfanboysbgon on Sunday August 02, 2026 @11:48PM (#49151008)
What exactly is the mechanism by which you think that an SSH RCE is "simple"?
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Re:Show HN: ssh ssh.place by dlgeek on Sunday August 02, 2026 @11:52PM (#49151032)
Not OP, but agent forwarding is a significant concern.
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Re:Show HN: ssh ssh.place by SXX on Monday August 03, 2026 @04:05AM (#49152648)
Is it enabled by default though?

AFAIK: No

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Re:Show HN: ssh ssh.place by jamie0 on Monday August 03, 2026 @05:08AM (#49153144)
It's not, but there is likely a small number people who have something like this configured:

  Host *
  ForwardAgent yes
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