Comments on: SSH Agent Forwarding – An Underutilized Essential Tool https://www.brandonchecketts.com/archives/ssh-agent-forwarding-what-you-need-to-know Web Programming, Linux System Administation, and Entrepreneurship in Athens Georgia Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:57:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: grin https://www.brandonchecketts.com/archives/ssh-agent-forwarding-what-you-need-to-know/comment-page-1#comment-221455 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:57:54 +0000 https://www.brandonchecketts.com/?p=1334#comment-221455 Indeed, agent forwarding is considered outright dangerous (unless only you control all forwarder machines). There are multiple “vulnerabilities” where forwarded agents may be caught/cloned and used to do nasty things, and if I remember correctly some of those are architectural attributes, not bugs.

https://rabexc.org/posts/pitfalls-of-ssh-agents

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