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Morning Edition · Friday, November 6, 2026Published at 4:52 AM EST · New York
Core Lightning patches a channel-draining flaw as OpenSSH fixes an Alpine Linux login bypass and Initia restarts after a $2.7 million mint exploit
Lightning node operators on older builds risk losing channel funds, Alpine servers that allow password logins could be entered without the correct password, and Initia resumed block production on November 2 without a rollback.
Core Lightning. Maintainers of Core Lightning, a widely used Lightning Network node implementation, released version 26.06.10 with added channel checks and fixes for remote-command handling, CryptoSlate reported. They also told operators to…
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