Powering a piston from above will cause other pistons to fire, if they are immediately adjacent to the targeted piston.
I found this bug in Survival Mode, in a world that is shared by a dozen, or more, users. Our rail stations rely on rows of pistons and were malfunctioning (I really hope this gets fixed soon!).
I mocked it up in a Creative world to take snapshots. Am also including the Creative world as an attachment, so you can see the issue firsthand.
123rd Duplicate of MC-108, please use the search function to see if your bug has already been submitted. Currently over 54% of tickets are being closed as duplicate.