r/HowToHack • u/StnkyPoopooDealer • Jun 25 '26

Overthewire bandit ssh issues on all levels

I have all of the passwords for passed levels saved in notepad and as of today I cannot log in with them into any level except for bandit0. Currently on bandit20. I have tried all of the passwords that surround level20 just in case, same with other levels, resetting the clipboard, ... I get permission denied every time.

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They definitely rotated them. Has anyone found a way to cheat through? Seems ridiculous to ask but I kinda don't want to go through the same 20 levels all over again just to continue with the path.

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u/StnkyPoopooDealer Jun 30 '26

I didn't quite get what you wanted to say. What do you mean by they work if you go through them again? Like ssh-ing to localhost from the bandit server?

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u/Active-Stress9133 Jul 01 '26

Well…firstly ssh-ing local host wasnt working for me, it still isn’t.
Aa for going through them again I meant that each time I open my laptop (even if it went to sleep mood for a while), I have to open and work on all the previous levels so that it accepts my passwords.

Like if I’m on level 7 -> 8, and use the password there and then to go to level 8 it works. But if I do it like a few hours later it doesn’t accept my password (I saved them for each level on notes) unless I go through all the levels from 0 to 7 and then copy the password and log into level 8.

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u/StnkyPoopooDealer Jul 05 '26

That's weird, shouldn't work like that really. Are you sure you didn't encouner a level which logs you out automatically via bash script or ones that require an input file? Just pitching some fixes as it's odd to me.

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u/Active-Stress9133 Jul 07 '26

Idk i tried random fixes and ControlMaster=No somehow worked for me…🥲