
DreamHost Confirms Data Breach of FTP/SFTP and Webmail Credentials
DreamHost File Manager breach exposed FTP/SFTP credentials and some webmail logins; attackers may have viewed mailboxes, affecting under 10% of accounts.
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DreamHost File Manager breach exposed FTP/SFTP credentials and some webmail logins; attackers may have viewed mailboxes, affecting under 10% of accounts.
GVfs mishandling of SFTP, AFP and MTP data could let remote attackers obtain sensitive information or cause denial of service.

Access ran from May 22 to September 18, 2026, and the files did not include SSNs or payment data.

Stolen SFTP logins were used between May 22 and September 18; Social Security numbers and financial data were not included.
Apache Airflow SSH and SFTP hooks accept any server key by default, allowing machine-in-the-middle attacks.
Ubuntu patched OpenSSH flaws that could allow unintended SFTP writes or leak GSSAPI credentials.

wolfSSL released wolfSSH 1.6.0, fixing five flaws including a critical SSH host-key verification bypass.

OpenSSH 10.6 disables risky compression, blocks shell-injecting usernames, and enables a post-quantum signature.
Ubuntu warns of two GVfs flaws: malicious SFTP input may yield code execution, and a local bug can grant root.
Apache MINA SSHD SFTP clients can be memory-exhausted by unsolicited replies before 2.20.0 and 3.0.0-M6.
Ubuntu's USN-8799-1 fixes libssh2 bugs that a malicious SSH server can use for denial of service or possible code execution.
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