A significant authentication flaw has been discovered in the PPP stack of OpenBSD, allowing attackers to bypass the Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) validation and gain unauthorized network access. Although this vulnerability was patched in June 2026, it originated from legacy code dating back to 1999, making it one of the longest-standing authentication bypass issues in […]

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