[Action needed] Low severity vulnerability in Linux VMs

[Action needed] Low severity vulnerability in Linux VMs

While troubleshooting a Linux VM, we recently uncovered a low severity vulnerability regarding logging into Linux VMs. A fix has been deployed to patch the issue in new VMs (i.e. VMs that are newly created from now on). Users can self-service patch existing Linux VMs.

Read more about the vulnerability and how to self-service patch this in the patch notes.

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